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Auschwitz: Women used different survival and sabotage strategies than men at Nazi death camp

  • Written by Judy Baumel-Schwartz, Director, the Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research, Bar-Ilan University
Women prisoners at the Auschwitz train station around 1944. ullstein bild via Getty Images

Nearly all the 1.3 million people sent to Auschwitz, the Nazi death camp in occupied Poland, were murdered – either sent to the gas chambers or worked to death. Life expectancy in many of these camps was between six weeks and three months.

Over a million...

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10 ways to spot online misinformation

  • Written by H. Colleen Sinclair, Associate Professor of Social Psychology, Mississippi State University
When you share information online, do it responsibly.Sitthiphong/Getty Images

Propagandists are already working to sow disinformation and social discord in the run-up to the November elections.

Many of their efforts have focused on social media, where people’s limited attention spans push them to share items before even reading them –...

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Screen time that supports new parents and young kids can enhance family health

  • Written by Dorian Traube, Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Southern California
Babies don't come with instruction manuals... mobile health apps can help new parents.Tetra Images via Getty Images

Screen time for little kids takes a lot of heat under normal conditions. The American Academy of Pediatrics’ official recommendations urge families to be thoughtful and judicious about screen time for youngsters from birth to...

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Your brain evolved to hoard supplies and shame others for doing the same

  • Written by Stephanie Preston, Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan
In scary and uncertain times, having a stockpile can feel soothing.AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

The media is replete with COVID-19 stories about people clearing supermarket shelves – and the backlash against them. Have people gone mad? How can one individual be overfilling his own cart, while shaming others who are doing the same?

As a behavioral...

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6 things you can do to cope with boredom at a time of social distancing

  • Written by Erin C. Westgate, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Florida
Being at home at a time of social distancing can set in a feeling of boredom.PeopleImages E+ via Getty Images

More and more of us are staying home in an attempt to slow down the spreading coronavirus. But being stuck at home can lead to boredom.

Boredom is a signal that we’re not meaningfully engaged with the world. It tells us to stop what...

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Perfection comes at a price in latest adaptation of Austen's 'Emma'

  • Written by Inger S. B. Brodey, Associate Professor, English and Comparative Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Emma up front and center in new adaptation of classic novel.Focus Features

The latest film adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic “Emma” is a visual feast of color, pattern and texture.

It’s also a bit too perfect.

The colors are too vibrant, the skin too clear, the homes too opulent, the landscapes too gorgeous, the fabrics...

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Coronavirus: a new type of vaccine using RNA could help defeat COVID-19

  • Written by Sanjay Mishra, Postdoctoral Scholar of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University
This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. NIAID-RML

A century ago, on July 26, 1916, a viral disease swept through New York. Within 24 hours, new cases of polio increased by more than 68%. The outbreak killed more than 2,000 people in New York City alone....

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The Federal Reserve is promising to do everything it can to save the economy – but what is that, actually?

  • Written by Ryan Matthew Brewer, Associate Professor of Finance, Indiana University
Storm clouds are stirring over the Fed.Fandrade/Getty Images

The United States Federal Reserve has committed to do everything it can to save the financial system and the American economy from collapse.

Most recently, it began an unprecedented effort to ensure banks, companies and now households have all the money they need by offering to buy...

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Labs are experimenting with new – but unproven – methods to create a coronavirus vaccine fast

  • Written by Jean Peccoud, Professor, Abell Chair in Synthetic Biology, Colorado State University
There are many ways to make a vaccine. In a time of crisis, the more paths towards success the betterAdriana Duduleanu / EyeEm via Getty Images

The coronavirus has ground social, economic and educational exchanges to a halt around the world. For now, public health officials are relying on tools like social distancing to minimize the harm of the...

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Buyer beware: Counterfeit markets can flourish during a public health crisis

  • Written by Jay Kennedy, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University
Is that online order real or counterfeit?Getty Images

Rapid acceleration of coronavirus-related infections and fatalities in countries like Italy, Spain and the United States has led to widespread bans on communal activities, global restrictions on travel and an increasing reliance on virtual interactions.

The push to keep people indoors has lead...

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  1. What 'Walden' can tell us about social distancing and focusing on life's essentials
  2. The fashionable history of social distancing
  3. What does a state of emergency mean in the face of the coronavirus?
  4. What the US can learn from other countries on COVID-19 – and its own history with pandemics
  5. Coronavirus: News media sounded the alarm for months – but few listened
  6. Americans disagree on how risky the coronavirus is, but most are changing their behavior anyway
  7. 5 reasons the coronavirus hit Italy so hard
  8. Video: Why social distancing is one of the best tools we have to fight the coronavirus
  9. Hotter weather brings more stress, depression and other mental health problems
  10. Could chloroquine treat coronavirus? 5 questions answered about a promising, problematic and unproven use for an antimalarial drug
  11. Tribal leaders face great need and don't have enough resources to respond to the coronavirus pandemic
  12. Who cares for those most vulnerable to COVID-19? 4 questions about home care aides answered
  13. Coronavirus fears over farmers markets could hit new growers hard – just when Americans need them most
  14. Why people need rituals, especially in times of uncertainty
  15. In battling the coronavirus, will 'optimistic bias' be our undoing?
  16. Calling COVID-19 a 'Chinese virus' is wrong and dangerous – the pandemic is global
  17. Medical supply chains are fragile in the best of times and COVID-19 will test their strength
  18. I'm a family doctor fighting against fear and struggling with distancing while trying to keep my patients healthy
  19. The deadly polio epidemic and why it matters for coronavirus
  20. Deal with ransomware the way police deal with hostage situations
  21. There’s a name for Trump playing down the threat and failing to take action against the virus: Institutional betrayal
  22. Reaching out to isolated older adults is essential during coronavirus – here are 7 specific things you can do, just for starters
  23. Co-parenting in the coronavirus pandemic: A family law scholar's advice
  24. COVID-19 closures could hit historically black colleges particularly hard
  25. Should Congress demand America's youth give a year of service to their country?
  26. Coronavirus restrictions could lead to remote voting for Congress
  27. Tagging data show that blue sharks are true globalists
  28. It's wrong to blame bats for the coronavirus epidemic
  29. Why defeating coronavirus in one country isn't enough – there needs to be a coordinated global strategy
  30. Workplace age discrimination could become even harder to prove in court
  31. Just as in coronavirus, young people are key to stopping tuberculosis
  32. Religious communities are offering baptism by Zoom – such innovation has deep historical roots
  33. Religious communities are offering baptism by Zoom - such innovation has deep historical roots
  34. 'My first question every time I see a new patient now is: Could this be COVID-19?' A Seattle doctor on the frontlines
  35. With schools everywhere suspended, an education expert answers 4 questions about the upheaval
  36. Fleeing from the coronavirus is dangerous for you, the people you encounter along the way and wherever you end up
  37. Students could be undercounted in the census as coronavirus closes colleges – here's why that matters
  38. How do we protect ourselves at home during coronavirus, and what if someone has been exposed? 4 questions answered
  39. How one federal agency took care of its workers during the yellow fever pandemic in the 1790s
  40. What happens to charitable giving when the economy falters?
  41. Buildings grown by bacteria -- new research is finding ways to turn cells into mini-factories for materials
  42. Ancient Greeks purged city-states of disease as they would a human body – and it was the most vulnerable that suffered
  43. Coronavirus, los niños y las escuelas: experta en salud pública contesta 4 preguntas
  44. When restaurants close, Americans lose much more than a meal
  45. Workers left out of government and business response to the coronavirus
  46. We are entering a recession – but what did we learn from the last one?
  47. 3 ways the coronavirus pandemic is changing who we are
  48. COVID-19 treatment might already exist in old drugs – we're using pieces of the coronavirus itself to find them
  49. The battle against disinformation is global
  50. Should I exercise during the coronavirus pandemic? Experts explain the just right exercise curve