Tag: COVID-19
How coronavirus threatens the seasonal farmworkers at the heart of the...
Michael Haedicke, Drake University
Many Americans may find bare grocery store shelves the most worrying sign of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their...
Social distancing works – just ask lobsters, ants and vampire bats
Dana Hawley, Virginia Tech and Julia Buck, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Social distancing to combat COVID-19 is profoundly impacting society, leaving many people wondering...
7 things public schools do besides teach kids academic basics
Samantha Keppler, University of Michigan
With schools closed due to COVID-19, communities are scrambling to provide students with meals and supplies and meet other needs....
Antibodies in the blood of COVID-19 survivors know how to beat...
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...
Coronavirus: Strategic National Stockpile was ready, but not for this
Andrew Lakoff, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
As the COVID-19 crisis unfolds, Americans have been hearing a lot...
What happens to charitable giving when the economy falters?
Patrick Rooney, IUPUI and Jon Bergdoll, IUPUI
As the new coronavirus pandemic sends the economy into a tailspin, Patrick Rooney, an economist at the Indiana...
6 things you can do to cope with boredom at a...
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...
Another housing crisis is coming – and bailouts and eviction freezes...
Roshanak Mehdipanah, University of Michigan and Gregory Sallabank, University of Michigan
Millions of Americans are suddenly out of work as the financial and economic crisis...
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...
