Antibodies in the blood of COVID-19 survivors know how to beat coronavirus – and...
Ann Sheehy, College of the Holy Cross
Amid the chaos of an epidemic, those who survive a disease like COVID-19 carry within their bodies the...
5 ways that the coronavirus will change college admissions this fall
Robert Massa, University of Southern California
Editor’s note: The new coronavirus is spreading across the United States just as many high school seniors were applying...
Paying all blood donors might not be worth it
Gretchen Chapman, Carnegie Mellon University
The Abstract features interesting research and the people behind it.
Gretchen Chapman is a decision scientist who explores what makes it...
Perfection comes at a price in latest adaptation of Austen’s ‘Emma’
Inger S. B. Brodey, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The latest film adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic “Emma” is a visual feast of...
The US birth rate keeps declining: 4 questions answered
Marie Menke, University of Pittsburgh
Over the last few decades, birth rates have decreased across the globe.
The United States is no exception. Aside from a...
6 things you can do to cope with boredom at a time of social...
Erin C. Westgate, University of Florida
More and more of us are staying home in an attempt to slow down the spreading coronavirus. But being...
The fashionable history of social distancing
Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, Case Western Reserve University
As the world grapples with the coronavirus outbreak, “social distancing” has become a buzzword of these strange times.
Instead of...
When restaurants close, Americans lose much more than a meal
Rebecca L. Spang, Indiana University
Arnold Schwarzenegger tweeted a video of himself on March 15 saying: “No more restaurants.” Seated in his palatial kitchen with...
