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Children under 4 and children with autism don't yawn contagiously

If someone near you yawns, do you yawn, too? About half of adults yawn after someone else does in a phenomenon called contagious yawning. Now a new study has found that most children aren't susceptible to contagious yawning ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Sep 15, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Yawning toons make an ape gape

Computer animations of yawning chimpanzees provoke the same irresistible grins in real chimps, according to an unusual study released Wednesday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1




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Sony turnaround plan 'ordinary': analysts

Sony has little chance of winning back its reputation as an innovator or vaulting ahead of stronger rivals with the "ordinary" turnaround plan its new chief unveiled last week, analysts said.

Technology / Business

created Apr 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

LRO lets you stand on the rim of Aristarchus crater

Have you ever you looked up at the bright, cavernous Aristarchus Crater on the Moon through a telescope or binoculars and wondered what it would be like to stand on the rim and peer inside? Spectacular new ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Significant ozone hole remains over Antarctica

The Antarctic ozone hole, which yawns wide every Southern Hemisphere spring, reached its annual peak on September 12, stretching 10.05 million square miles, the ninth largest on record. Above the South Pole, ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Reaction mixed to Sprint offering new iPhone 4S

Shane Adams can relax. A loyal Sprint Nextel customer and techie obsessive, the Internet marketing manager from Olathe, Kan., had verily drooled at the rumors of an iPhone coming to his hometown carrier.

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Planet 'far away' on climate goals: study

The world remains far away from meeting UN-backed goals on holding back climate change, setting the stage for major damage without more ambitious efforts to cut emissions, a study said Tuesday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Zany scientists honored in alternative Nobels (Update)

In the ultimate accolade for the world's mad scientists, spoof Nobel prizes were awarded Thursday for studies into beetle sex, turtles yawning, the desperation of people dying to urinate and other daffy investigations.

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 7

UCLA researchers shake model levee, for peat's sake

The earth rippled and squirmed on this Delta island Monday. It did not yawn open, but did reignite a debate about the seismic safety of levees in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Chimpanzees' contagious yawning evidence of empathy, not just sleepiness, study shows

Contagious yawning is not just a marker of sleepiness or boredom. For chimpanzees, it may actually be a sign of a social connection between individuals.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 06, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Virtual reality in a Michigan Tech lab

I am in Room 314 in Rekhi Hall, arms spread wide, tippy-toeing across a rickety board and trying oh-so-hard not to fall into a gaping hole beneath my feet. One misstep and I join the dead cow at the bottom ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Laugh and apes laugh with you

(PhysOrg.com) -- Just like humans, chimpanzees mimic the laughter of their playmates even if they don't find the situation as 'funny'.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast


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