Yawning appears to be a measure of brain size. Animals with larger brains yawn longer than those with smaller brains, according to research by biologist Jorg Massen.
Publication in Nature, exploring the land ice contribution to sea level in the 21st century arising from the world’s glaciers and the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets.
Researchers at Utrecht University and at TU Wien (Vienna) create special light waves that can penetrate even opaque materials as if the material was not even there.
Kees de Jager is celebrating his 100th orbit around the sun. He earned international acclaim with his solar research, and laid the foundations for space research in the Netherlands.