Tag: Bubonic plague
From Black Death to COVID-19, pandemics have always pushed people to...
Nükhet Varlik, Rutgers University - Newark
After the last couple of Halloweens were plagued by doubt and worry thanks...
Shipwrecked! How social isolation can enrich our spiritual lives – like...
Richard Gunderman, Indiana University
He survived the last great plague in London and the city’s Great Fire. He was imprisoned and persecuted for his religious...
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...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
