Tag: Coronavirus
Refugees tell stories of problems – and unity – in facing...
Karen Jacobsen, Tufts University and Charles Simpson, Tufts University
Across the globe, refugees are trying to settle into new surroundings and are running into new...
The impulse to garden in hard times has deep roots
Jennifer Atkinson, University of Washington
The coronavirus pandemic has set off a global gardening boom.
In the early days of lockdown, seed suppliers were depleted of...
We found and tested 47 old drugs that might treat the...
Nevan Krogan, University of California, San Francisco
The more researchers know about how the coronavirus attaches, invades and hijacks human cells, the more effective the...
The coronavirus genome is like a shipping label that lets epidemiologists...
Bert Ely, University of South Carolina and Taylor Carter, University of South Carolina
Following the coronavirus’s spread through the population – and anticipating its next...
How South Korea flattened the coronavirus curve with technology
Michael Ahn, University of Massachusetts Boston
As countries around the world consider how best to reopen their countries, it’s worth considering how South Korea has...
6 tips for parents who home-school
Erin Baker, Wayne State University
With most U.S. schools closed for the rest of the school year due to the COVID-19 outbreak – and uncertainty...
What just happened to the price of oil?
Christina Nikitopoulos, University of Technology Sydney and Warren Hogan, University of Technology Sydney
We have just witnessed an oil price crash like never before taking...
3 things to consider before you let your child play chess...
Alexey W. Root, University of Texas at Dallas
Editor’s note: The school closures forced by COVID-19 have parents and students searching for ways to make...
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...
