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Turkey releasing murderers – but not political opponents – from prison amid coronavirus pandemic

  • Written by Ahmet T. Kuru, Professor of Political Science, San Diego State University
Released prisoners sit in a bus outside Ankara, Turkey -- while government critics remain behind bars due to Turkey's sweeping terror laws.AP

Turkey has begun to release about 90,000 prison inmates, half of them temporarily and the other half permanently, to prevent COVID-19’s spread and to ease overcrowding.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,...

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A smart second skin gets all the power it needs from sweat

  • Written by Wei Gao, Assistant Professor of Medical Engineering, California Institute of Technology

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The big idea

Skin is the largest organ of the human body. It conveys a lot of information, including temperature, pressure, pleasure and pain. Electronic skin (e-skin) mimics the properties of biological skin. Recently developed e-skins are capable of wirelessly monitoring...

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Cracks in COVID-19 treatment reveal need to bolster primary care

  • Written by Tuba Agartan, Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, Providence College
Throughout the U.S., hospitals are short on supplies. At UNLV Medicine (University of Nevada at Las Vegas), the staff is running out of COVID-19 test kits. Getty Images / Ethan Miller

Every day the COVID-19 crisis reveals just how unprepared the U.S. health care system was.

But it’s not only the shortage of masks, tests and ventilators, nor...

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Can an intelligence test forecast which quarterback draft prospects will have NFL success?

  • Written by Joshua D. Pitts, Associate Professor of Sport Management and Economics, Kennesaw State University
Former University of Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is one of the most hyped prospects in the 2020 NFL Draft.AP Photo/Vasha Hunt

Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is slatedto be selected with one of the first 10 picks in the NFL Draft.

Like all top prospects, Tagovailoa has been subjected to months of evaluation, with teams’ scouting departments...

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Beating coronavirus requires faith leaders to bridge gap between religion and science

  • Written by Katherine Marshall, Founding Director, World Faiths Development Dialogue; Senior Fellow, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, Georgetown University
Some members of New York's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community defied the government's ban on gathering for Passover and other religious occasions, Brooklyn, April 16, 2020. ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images

While many religious communities have embraced physical distancing measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus, some still encourage gatherings...

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5 ways parents can support their college-age children who've been forced to return home due to COVID-19

  • Written by Matthew J. Mayhew, William Ray and Marie Adamson Flesher Professor of Educational Administration, The Ohio State University
Stay-at-home orders and job cuts are putting family relationships to the test.Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images

Editor’s Note: With many college students forced to return home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tensions and arguments are bound to flare up. Here, Matthew Mayhew, an education researcher who co-authored a book about the college experience...

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Blood sugar levels may influence vulnerability to coronavirus, and controlling them through conventional means might be protective

  • Written by Adam M. Brufsky, Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
A woman with diabetes monitors her glycemia on the eighth day of a strict lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19.FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images

Can watching your blood sugar help fight COVID-19?

Sugar is not only something that sweetens our food. It is also something that is an essential part of the proteins that make up our...

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Teens are wired to resent being stuck with parents and cut off from friends during coronavirus lockdown

  • Written by Catherine Bagwell, Professor of Psychology, Oxford College, Emory University
The last thing adolescents want is to be trapped at home alone, by order of their parents.Roos Koole/Moment via Getty Images

“Can’t I just go see one friend?”

“I need to hang out with my friends.”

“You are being overprotective and unreasonable!”

Social distancing is both necessary and hard. If my Facebook...

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Robots are playing many roles in the coronavirus crisis – and offering lessons for future disasters

  • Written by Robin R. Murphy, Raytheon Professor of Computer Science and Engineering; Vice-President Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (nfp), Texas A&M University
A nurse (left) operates a robot used to interact remotely with coronavirus patients while a physician looks on.MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images

A cylindrical robot rolls into a treatment room to allow health care workers to remotely take temperatures and measure blood pressure and oxygen saturation from patients hooked up to a ventilator. Another...

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Taking advantage of unpaid leave can increase the chances that workers will face economic hardship

  • Written by Pamela Joshi, Senior Scientist, Brandeis University
Many severe COVID-19 symptoms last for weeks.AP Photo/Elise Amendola

The United States has more COVID-19 cases than any other country. But the American workforce may be hard-pressed to take much time off if they or their loved ones get the disease caused by the new coronavirus.

One big reason for that, I’ve learned by studying U.S. family and...

Read more: Taking advantage of unpaid leave can increase the chances that workers will face economic hardship

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  12. Coronavirus closes in on Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh's cramped, unprepared camps
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  14. Coronavirus quarantine could provide lessons for future space travel on how regular people weather isolation
  15. Replacing workers has many costs
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  21. China turns on the charm and angers Trump as it eyes a global opportunity in coronavirus crisis
  22. Doctors facing grim choice over ventilators told to put patients with disabilities at the back of the line
  23. Trump versus the states: What federalism means for the coronavirus response
  24. Can your pets get coronavirus, and can you catch it from them?
  25. Some states more ready for mail-in voting than others
  26. The coronavirus pandemic is making the US housing crisis even worse
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  28. Catholic Church urges Venezuela to unite against coronavirus
  29. Massive spending in a crisis brought bloody consequences in ancient Athens
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  33. What's lost when we're too afraid to touch the world around us?
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  41. 8 ways veterans are particularly at risk from the coronavirus pandemic
  42. Why Boris Johnson won't have to pay any hospital bills
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  45. Prisons and jails are coronavirus epicenters – but they were once designed to prevent disease outbreaks
  46. Sanders exit opened door for Obama to endorse Biden – and offer up his rhetorical skills
  47. Researchers seek to repurpose an existing manufacturing platform to produce a COVID-19 vaccine
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  50. A philosopher answers everyday moral dilemmas in a time of coronavirus