Sneezes can be hilarious, embarrassing, or shocking, but it’s almost impossible to stop them! It’s not just humans that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aaaaa-choo! While your first thought may be to say “Gesundheit!” your second might be to ask: “Where did that sneeze come from?” ...

From blooming flowers in the spring, to relentless ragweed in the fall... allergy season never seems to end for many of us. It’s time to grab some tissues and explore the science of “sternutation” ...

Sneezing, or sternutation, is an abrupt, involuntary and forceful expulsion of air through the nose and mouth. This involuntary reflex, triggered by the trigeminal nerve, is the body's attempt to ...

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What exactly triggers a sneeze? A team has identified, in mice, specific cells and proteins that control the sneeze reflex. Better understanding of what causes us to sneeze -- specifically how neurons ...

The sun makes me sneeze. It's not like I get fits of uncontrollable sneezes as if I'm allergic to the sunrays. But watch me leave a movie theater at high noon on a cloudless Saturday, and you can bet ...

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Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why do we sneeze? – Naomi, 9, San Francisco, ...