Lockdown Is Changing Our Perception of Time, a Devastating Meteor that Never Landed, and Elephants Can Catch Yawns from Humans
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Learn about how lockdown is changing our perception of time; how the most devastating meteor on record may have never even landed; and why it\\u2019s a big deal that elephants can catch contagious yawning from humans.
Why lockdown is changing our perception of time by Kelsey Donk
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Maybe the most devastating meteor on record never even landed by Cameron Duke
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Elephants can catch contagious yawning from humans by Cameron Duke
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- Rossman, Z. T., Hart, B. L., Greco, B. J., Young, D., Padfield, C., Weidner, L., Gates, J., & Hart, L. A. (2017). When Yawning Occurs in Elephants. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2017.00022
- Rossman, Z. T., Padfield, C., Young, D., Hart, B. L., & Hart, L. A. (2020). Contagious Yawning in African Elephants (Loxodonta africana): Responses to Other Elephants and Familiar Humans. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00252
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