Tag: COVID-19
How to host a safe holiday meal during coronavirus – an...
Melissa Hawkins, American University
Like many people in this unusual year, I am adjusting my family’s holiday plans so that we can all be safe...
Huge government debts mean Canada is robbing its kids
Jerome Gessaroli, British Columbia Institute of Technology
Before the pandemic, the combined federal and provincial Canadian debt totalled $1.4 trillion. And since then, this debt...
Mail delays, the election and the future of the US Postal...
Jena Martin, West Virginia University and Matthew Titolo, West Virginia University
Editor’s note: The U.S. Postal Service implemented operational changes earlier this year that led...
Stressful times are an opportunity to teach children resilience
Vanessa LoBue, Rutgers University - Newark
Between the global COVID-19 pandemic, the associated economic downturn and widespread protests over racism, it’s difficult for everyone....
A tiny circular racetrack for light can rapidly detect single molecules
Judith Su, University of Arizona
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
My Little Sensor Lab at the University of...
Writing the “Isolation Rag” – a composer reflects on his experience...
Scott Wheeler, Emerson College
Scott Wheeler is a composer who teaches at Emerson College. In an interview with The Conversation, he explains how classical musicians...
Immigrants are still sending lots of money home despite the coronavirus...
Laura Caron, Columbia University and Erwin R. Tiongson, Georgetown University
Banks and aid agencies have been warning of a pandemic-related plunge in the amount of...
Judges used to stay out of election disputes, but this year...
Austin Sarat, Amherst College
Throughout American history judges have generally tried to avoid getting involved in political questions, including litigation about elections. They followed Supreme...
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...
