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While many associate yawning with a certain level of tiredness, new research indicates that yawning could serve as a method for regulating brain temperature.

After studying the yawning frequency of 160 people in the winter and summer in Tucson, Ariz., Princeton University researchers found that participants were more likely to yawn in the winter as opposed to the summer.

The results have lead researchers to believe that a purpose of yawning may be to cool down our brains!

According to the thermoregulatory theory of yawning, our brains stay cool through a heat exchange with the air drawn in during a yawn. Summer temperatures warmer than our body heat don't provide the relief necessary for our overheated brains.

Inneresting!

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Tags: arizona, body heat, brain, frequency, researchers, seasons, temperature, why do we yawn, winter, yawning

Earlier this week Jockey launched their newest collection of underwear and it's cool — literally.

The new staycool undies are printed with Outlast® technology, a treatment that regulates skin temperature.

In fact it can cool you down, "down there", up to 3 degrees.

Burrr.

If the vagina cooling panties freak you out too much, Jockey also offers a t-shirt and tank top with the same Outlast technology. And they're reversible!

[Images courtesy of Jockey.]

Tags: body heat, jockey, outlast technology, staycool, temperature, thermacules