Tag: COVID-19
National parks – even Mount Rushmore – show that there’s more...
Jennifer Ladino, University of Idaho
July 4th will be quieter than usual this year, thanks to COVID-19. Many U.S. cities are canceling fireworks displays to...
Fast food is comforting, but in low-income areas it crowds out...
Catherine Keske, University of California, Merced
Many Americans take comfort in the routine of jumping into the car and grabbing a burger. They choose restaurants...
How fake accounts constantly manipulate what you see on social media...
Jeanna Matthews, Clarkson University
Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram started out as a way to connect with friends, family and people of...
Economic policies can induce people to quarantine safely during the pandemic
Roberto Chang, Rutgers University and Andrés Velasco, London School of Economics and Political Science
Recent economic proposals to deal with COVID-19, like those summarized by...
What doctors know about lingering symptoms of coronavirus
William Petri, University of Virginia
With over 2 million cases in the U.S. since the coronavirus pandemic began in late December, there are now many...
A selective retreat from trade with China makes sense for the...
Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology
Trade tensions and mistrust are escalating between the U.S. and China.
Soon after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo...
How deforestation helps deadly viruses jump from animals to humans
Amy Y. Vittor, University of Florida; Gabriel Zorello Laporta, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, and Maria Anice Mureb Sallum, Universidade de São Paulo
The coronavirus...
Museums preserve clues that can help scientists predict and analyze future...
Pamela Soltis, University of Florida; Joseph Cook, University of New Mexico, and Richard Yanagihara, University of Hawaii
In less than 20 years, communities around the...
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...
