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Here's how scientists are tracking the genetic evolution of COVID-19

  • Written by Niema Moshiri, Assistant Teaching Professor of Computer Science & Engineering, University of California San Diego
Why do scientists care about mutations on the coronavirus?Alexandr Gnezdilov Light Painting

When you hear the term “evolutionary tree,” you may think of Charles Darwin and the study of the relationships between different species over the span of millions of years.

While the concept of an “evolutionary tree” originated in...

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Shipwrecked! How social isolation can enrich our spiritual lives – like Robinson Crusoe

  • Written by Richard Gunderman, Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
Nearly lost at sea, Robinson Crusoe lands on an island only to reckon with isolation, solitude and his own life. Culture Club/Hulton Archive via Getty Images

He survived the last great plague in London and the city’s Great Fire. He was imprisoned and persecuted for his religious and political views. There was no happy ending for the...

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Census 2020 will protect your privacy more than ever – but at the price of accuracy

  • Written by Nicholas N. Nagle, Associate Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee


Seattle residents walk past a wall of posters encouraging Americans to fill out their census forms.AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

Census data can be pretty sensitive – it’s not just how many people live in a neighborhood, a town, a state or the nation as a whole. Every 10 years, the Census Bureau asks about people’s ages, racial and...

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Why wear face masks in public? Here's what the research shows

  • Written by Hector Chapa, Clinical Assistant Professor, Director of Interprofessional Education, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University
People have resorted to using scarves and bandanas as face masks to protect against spreading coronavirus. While cloth masks aren't as effective as surgical masks, research suggests they can limit the spread of droplets.Jens Schleuter/Getty Images

With the coronavirus pandemic quickly spreading, U.S. health officials have changed their advice on...

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'Tiger King' and America's captive tiger problem

  • Written by Allison Skidmore, PhD Candidate in Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
Many breeders say they're stewards of conservation, but no captive tiger has ever been released into the wild.AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian

Editor’s note: Netflix’s new docuseries “Tiger King” takes viewers into the strange world of big cat collectors. Featuring eccentric characters with names like Joe Exotic and Bhagavan...

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Government secrecy is growing during the coronavirus pandemic

  • Written by David Cuillier, Associate Professor, School of Journalism, University of Arizona
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration said it would reject all freedom of information requests -- and then reversed itself after public outcry.AP/Teresa Crawford

Students at the University of Florida who want to know how they are being protected from the COVID-19 pandemic can’t find out.

The university is hiding its emergency...

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Coronavirus case counts are going to go up – but that doesn't mean social distancing is a bust

  • Written by Abram Wagner, Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of Michigan
Empty parking lots show social distancing’s costs. It could take time to see its benefits.Pete Starman/The Image Bank via Getty Images

The last few weeks have brought previously unimaginable changes to the lives of people throughout the United States. Americans everywhere are waking up to a new reality in which they can’t go to work or...

Read more: Coronavirus case counts are going to go up – but that doesn't mean social distancing is a bust

Blue dye from red beets – chemists devise a safer new pigment option

  • Written by Erick Leite Bastos, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Universidade de São Paulo
Through the wonders of chemistry, molecules can be rearranged to completely transform color.Erick Leite Bastos, CC BY-SA

What’s your favorite color? If you answered blue, you’re in good company. Blue outranks all other color preferences worldwide by a large margin.

No matter how much people enjoy looking at it, blue is a difficult color...

Read more: Blue dye from red beets – chemists devise a safer new pigment option

Blue dye from red beets – chemists devise a new pigment option

  • Written by Erick Leite Bastos, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Universidade de São Paulo
Through the wonders of chemistry, molecules can be rearranged to completely transform color.Erick Leite Bastos, CC BY-SA

What’s your favorite color? If you answered blue, you’re in good company. Blue outranks all other color preferences worldwide by a large margin.

No matter how much people enjoy looking at it, blue is a difficult color...

Read more: Blue dye from red beets – chemists devise a new pigment option

How high will unemployment go? During the Great Depression, 1 in 4 Americans were out of work

  • Written by Jay L. Zagorsky, Senior Lecturer, Questrom School of Business, Boston University
Unemployed people wait outside a government office in NYC in 1933. AP PhotoCC BY-ND

The U.S. unemployment rate climbed from a half-century low of 3.5% to 4.4% in March – and is expected to go a lot higher.

But could the rate, as some predict, surpass the 25% joblessness the U.S. experienced at the peak of the Great Depression?

As a macroeconom...

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  3. Social distancing works – just ask lobsters, ants and vampire bats
  4. How coronavirus has ended centuries of hands-on campaigning for politicians
  5. We spoke to hundreds of prison gang members – here's what they said about life behind bars
  6. Census undercounts are normal, but demographers worry this year could be worse
  7. How coronavirus threatens the seasonal farmworkers at the heart of the American food supply
  8. A small trial finds that hydroxychloroquine is not effective for treating coronavirus
  9. How the coronavirus recession puts service workers at risk
  10. Governors take charge of response to the coronavirus
  11. Insider trading by members of Congress may be difficult to prove
  12. Coronavirus: Strategic National Stockpile was ready, but not for this
  13. Why undocumented immigrants still fear the 2020 census
  14. What the coronavirus does to your body that makes it so deadly
  15. Express gratitude – not because you will benefit from it, but others might
  16. 5 ways that the coronavirus will change college admissions this fall
  17. Bob Dylan brings links between JFK assassination and coronavirus into stark relief
  18. Coronavirus cases are growing exponentially – here's what that means
  19. There are many COVID-19 tests in the US – how are they being regulated?
  20. Coronavirus: Telemedicine is great when you want to stay distant from your doctor, but older laws are standing in the way
  21. Antibodies in the blood of COVID-19 survivors know how to beat coronavirus – and researchers are already testing new treatments that harness them
  22. Delaying 'nonessential' abortions during coronavirus crisis endangers women's health and financial future
  23. Should we wear masks or not? An expert sorts through the confusion
  24. 7 estrategias basadas en la ciencia para afrontar la ansiedad del coronavirus
  25. 5 Buddhist teachings that can help you deal with coronavirus anxiety
  26. When confronting the coronavirus, tough isn't enough
  27. Take it from Pluto the Schnauzer: Comedy will help us through the coronavirus crisis
  28. Porch piracy: Here's what we learned after watching hours of YouTube videos showing packages being pilfered from homes
  29. 4 weird things that happen when you videoconference
  30. 'We don’t talk in terms of supply numbers, we talk in terms of days'
  31. COVID-19 could lead to an epidemic of clinical depression
  32. COVID-19 could lead to an epidemic of clinical depression, and the health care system isn't ready for that, either
  33. The US census has its flaws – but so has every attempt to count people throughout history
  34. The new coronavirus emerged from the global wildlife trade – and may be devastating enough to end it
  35. COVID-19 could shrink the earnings of 2020 graduates for years to come
  36. COVID-19 will slow the global shift to renewable energy, but can't stop it
  37. How to protect elections amid the coronavirus pandemic
  38. Video: The fashionable history of social distancing
  39. 4 ways companies can support their workers during the coronavirus crisis
  40. These groups are among the most vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic
  41. Breaking contracts over coronavirus: Can you argue it’s an ‘act of God’?
  42. Abused children and family, people with mental illness are all especially vulnerable with stay-at-home orders from coronavirus
  43. 2 reasons – and 1 disease – that make peace in Syria so difficult
  44. Tu cerebro evolucionó para acumular suministros y avergonzar a los otros por hacer lo mismo
  45. Coronavirus: social distancing may be a rare chance to get our sleep patterns closer to what nature intended
  46. How Germany is managing its coronavirus epidemic, and reacting with disdain to Trump's policies
  47. How prisoners, soldiers and Mormon missionaries make the census more complicated
  48. National Guard joins the coronavirus response – 3 questions answered
  49. 4 tips for staying connected during coronavirus, from migrants who live far from family
  50. What early Christian communities tell us about giving financial aid at a time of crises