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More Than a Sign of Sleepiness, Yawning May Cool the Brain

Nearly half of the people in the winter session yawned, as opposed to less...

Human Pathogen Killing Corals in the Florida Keys

The human disease serratiosis is caused by the fecal coliform bacterium Serratia marcescens. When...

Oldest Eurasian Hominoids Lived in Swabia

Photo of the 17-million-year-old molar tooth of the hominoid from Engelswies. (Credit: Böhme) Africa...

Even Ancient Men Seemed to Like Their Man Caves

The concept of the “man cave” has been entrenched in the human lineage for...

Right-Handedness Prevailed 500,000 Years Ago

New research shows that distinctive markings on fossilized teeth correlate to the right or...

Researchers Make Possible Breakthrough in Oral Cancer Research

There may be a new, more definitive reason for why people develop oral or...

Researchers Produce 3-D Map of Individual Atoms of Teeth

Teeth and bone are important and complex structures in humans and other animals, but...