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COVID-19 will slow the global shift to renewable energy, but can't stop it

  • Written by Peter Fox-Penner, Director, Institute for Sustainable Energy, and Professor of Practice, Questrom School of Business, Boston University
Shutdown in Seattle to slow the spread of coronavirus empties the streets, March 26, 2020. Less economic activity means less revenue for utilities.AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

The renewable energy industry, which until recently was projected to enjoy rapid growth, has run into stiff headwinds as a result of three era-defining events: the COVID-19 pandemic...

Read more: COVID-19 will slow the global shift to renewable energy, but can't stop it

How to protect elections amid the coronavirus pandemic

  • Written by Steven Mulroy, Law Professor in Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Election Law, University of Memphis
Voters in line for Illinois primary election ballots keep their distance on March 17.AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh

At least seven states have postponed their presidential primaries in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

That has raised concerns about the other states that have state elections and federal primary elections planned for later this summer...

Read more: How to protect elections amid the coronavirus pandemic

Video: The fashionable history of social distancing

  • Written by Anurag Papolu, Multimedia Editor
An 18th-century illustration of a woman in a crinoline. James Francis Driscoll collection of historical American sheet music/The Internet Archive, CC BY-SA

This video is based on an article by Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, professor of history at Case Western Reserve University.

Social distancing is the new buzzword during the current coronavirus...

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4 ways companies can support their workers during the coronavirus crisis

  • Written by Paula Caligiuri, Distinguished Professor of International Business and Strategy, Northeastern University
Working from home requires the right balance. MoMo Productions/Getty Images

The coronavirus pandemic has forced tens of millions of employees across the U.S. to work from home. While this will save lives by limiting the transmission of COVID-19, it also poses significant challenges for employees’ well-being.

How can companies support the...

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These groups are among the most vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Written by Chen Reis, Associate Clinical Professor and Director, Humanitarian Assistance Program, University of Denver
The nonprofit International Community Health Services medical clinic in Seattle provides care for uninsured people. Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images

How is the COVID-19 crisis impacting the most vulnerable among us?

Tens of millions of Americans fit that description – the poor, the homeless, immigrants, the detained and incarcerated, the prec...

Read more: These groups are among the most vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic

Breaking contracts over coronavirus: Can you argue it’s an ‘act of God’?

  • Written by Andrew Schwartz, Professor of Law, University of Colorado Boulder
The NBA suspended its season on March 11, citing the coronavirus risk. A force majeure clause in the NBA contract means players could lose money with each canceled game.AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

The coronavirus pandemic has prevented countless people from fulfilling their contracts, from basketball players to babysitters.

Could all of these people...

Read more: Breaking contracts over coronavirus: Can you argue it’s an ‘act of God’?

Abused children and family, people with mental illness are all especially vulnerable with stay-at-home orders from coronavirus

  • Written by Chen Reis, Associate Clinical Professor and Director, Humanitarian Assistance Program, University of Denver
The nonprofit International Community Health Services medical clinic in Seattle provides care for uninsured people. Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images

How is the COVID-19 crisis impacting the most vulnerable among us?

Tens of millions of Americans fit that description – the poor, the homeless, immigrants, the detained and incarcerated, the prec...

Read more: Abused children and family, people with mental illness are all especially vulnerable with...

2 reasons – and 1 disease – that make peace in Syria so difficult

  • Written by Ora Szekely, Associate Professor of Political Science, Clark University
Displaced Syrians learn about the danger of the coronavirus to them in their camps.Mohammed Al-Rifai/AFP via Getty Images

Despite many attemptsatnegotiations, the Syrian war – a conflict with a complicated and constantly changing cast of characters that has killed as many as 585,000 people and displaced over half of Syria’s prewar...

Read more: 2 reasons – and 1 disease – that make peace in Syria so difficult

Tu cerebro evolucionó para acumular suministros y avergonzar a los otros por hacer lo mismo

  • Written by Stephanie Preston, Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan
APAP Photo/Ted S. Warren

Los medios están llenos de historias sobre personas que dejan vacías las estanterías de los supermercados a causa del coronavirus, y con la dura reacción social que hay en contra de ellas.

¿Se ha vuelto loca la gente? ¿Cómo puede ser que un individuo llene su propio carrito,...

Read more: Tu cerebro evolucionó para acumular suministros y avergonzar a los otros por hacer lo mismo

Coronavirus: social distancing may be a rare chance to get our sleep patterns closer to what nature intended

  • Written by Zlatan Krizan, Professor of Psychology, Iowa State University
Spending more time in bed and letting your body's natural rhythms take over could be good for your health.Stock-Asso/Shutterstock.com

The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting daily routines around the world. Overwhelmed hospitals, desolate schools, ghostly towns and self-isolation echo a campy horror flick, but an all too real one.

Companies are laying...

Read more: Coronavirus: social distancing may be a rare chance to get our sleep patterns closer to what...

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  2. How prisoners, soldiers and Mormon missionaries make the census more complicated
  3. National Guard joins the coronavirus response – 3 questions answered
  4. 4 tips for staying connected during coronavirus, from migrants who live far from family
  5. What early Christian communities tell us about giving financial aid at a time of crises
  6. Feeling overwhelmed? Approach coronavirus as a challenge to be met, not a threat to be feared
  7. Fighting boredom with banjos and Russian grammar – tips from polar explorers for surviving months of isolation
  8. Social media companies are taking steps to tamp down coronavirus misinformation – but they can do more
  9. Pregnant in a time of coronavirus - the changing risks and what you need to know
  10. It's a bad idea for journalists to censor Trump – instead, they can help the public identify what's true or false
  11. Preventing COVID-19 from decimating nursing home residents requires spending money and improving infection control
  12. Pregnant in a time of coronavirus – the changing risks and what you need to know
  13. How SNAP can help people during hard economic times like these
  14. Another housing crisis is coming – and bailouts and eviction freezes won't be enough to prevent many from losing their homes
  15. Is the loss of your sense of smell and taste an early sign of COVID-19?
  16. How responding to the new coronavirus is making the safety net for gig workers less flimsy
  17. Can I complain about coronavirus? Why it is OK to vent, sometimes
  18. Stimulus package will remain half-baked unless local governments get more of the dough
  19. We are all humanitarian negotiators now: 3 steps for planning your ‘please take social distancing seriously’ conversation
  20. Society's dependence on the internet: 5 cyber issues the coronavirus lays bare
  21. Auschwitz: Women used different survival and sabotage strategies than men at Nazi death camp
  22. 10 ways to spot online misinformation
  23. Screen time that supports new parents and young kids can enhance family health
  24. Your brain evolved to hoard supplies and shame others for doing the same
  25. 6 things you can do to cope with boredom at a time of social distancing
  26. Perfection comes at a price in latest adaptation of Austen's 'Emma'
  27. Coronavirus: a new type of vaccine using RNA could help defeat COVID-19
  28. The Federal Reserve is promising to do everything it can to save the economy – but what is that, actually?
  29. Labs are experimenting with new – but unproven – methods to create a coronavirus vaccine fast
  30. Buyer beware: Counterfeit markets can flourish during a public health crisis
  31. What 'Walden' can tell us about social distancing and focusing on life's essentials
  32. The fashionable history of social distancing
  33. What does a state of emergency mean in the face of the coronavirus?
  34. What the US can learn from other countries on COVID-19 – and its own history with pandemics
  35. Coronavirus: News media sounded the alarm for months – but few listened
  36. Americans disagree on how risky the coronavirus is, but most are changing their behavior anyway
  37. 5 reasons the coronavirus hit Italy so hard
  38. Video: Why social distancing is one of the best tools we have to fight the coronavirus
  39. Hotter weather brings more stress, depression and other mental health problems
  40. Could chloroquine treat coronavirus? 5 questions answered about a promising, problematic and unproven use for an antimalarial drug
  41. Tribal leaders face great need and don't have enough resources to respond to the coronavirus pandemic
  42. Who cares for those most vulnerable to COVID-19? 4 questions about home care aides answered
  43. Coronavirus fears over farmers markets could hit new growers hard – just when Americans need them most
  44. Why people need rituals, especially in times of uncertainty
  45. In battling the coronavirus, will 'optimistic bias' be our undoing?
  46. Calling COVID-19 a 'Chinese virus' is wrong and dangerous – the pandemic is global
  47. Medical supply chains are fragile in the best of times and COVID-19 will test their strength
  48. I'm a family doctor fighting against fear and struggling with distancing while trying to keep my patients healthy
  49. The deadly polio epidemic and why it matters for coronavirus
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