Tag: COVID-19
4 weird things that happen when you videoconference
Norm Friesen, Boise State University
As the COVID-19 pandemic forces many U.S. colleges and universities to move their courses online, connecting online via video is...
How Mandela stayed fit: from his ‘matchbox’ Soweto home to a...
Gavin Evans, Birkbeck, University of London
The spread of the coronavirus has forced millions all over the world to retreat to base and abandon outdoor...
China’s big donors are pitching in to deal with the new...
Charles Sellen, Indiana University and Fabrice Jaumont, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (FMSH) – USPC
Less than a month after China confirmed the emergence...
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...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
