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Are people with pets less likely to die if they catch the coronavirus?

  • Written by Clarissa M. Uttley, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, Learning, and Curriculum, Plymouth State University
Even in quarantine, people around the world have to walk their dogs.AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.

Are people with pets less likely to die if they catch COVID-19? – Mika, age 13, Alexandria,...

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How to listen to your loved ones with empathy when you yourself are feeling the strain of social distancing

  • Written by Annmarie Caño, Professor of Psychology and Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Faculty Success, Wayne State University
Social distancing is challenging couples in an unprecedented way.Witthaya Prasongsin/Moment via Getty Images

COVID-19 has revealed a great many things about our world, including the vulnerabilities inherent in our economic, health care and educational institutions. The pandemic and the resulting orders to shelter in place have also uncovered...

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Tomanowos, the meteorite that survived mega-floods and human folly

  • Written by Daniel Garcia-Castellanos, Earth scientist, Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera (ICTJA - CSIC)
Surface detail of the Tomanowos meteorite, showing cavities produced by dissolution of iron. Eden, Janine and Jim/Wikipedia, CC BY

The rock with arguably the most fascinating story on Earth has an ancient name: Tomanowos. It means “the visitor from heaven” in the extinct language of Oregon’s Clackamas Indian tribe.

The Clackamas...

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Coronavirus drifts through the air in microscopic droplets – here's the science of infectious aerosols

  • Written by Shelly Miller, Professor of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
From your lungs into the air around you, aerosols carry coronavirus. Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via Getty Images

During the 1970s when I was growing up in Southern California, the air was so polluted that I was regularly sent home from high school to “shelter in place.” There might not seem to be much in common between staying home...

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How the Hubble Space Telescope opened our eyes to the first galaxies of the universe

  • Written by Rodger I. Thompson, Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
The launch of Hubble Space Telescope on April 24, 1990. This photo captures the first time that there were shuttles on both pad 39a and 39b. NASA

The Hubble Space Telescope launched on the 24th of April, 30 years ago. It’s an impressive milestone especially as its expected lifespan was just 10 years.

One of the primary reasons for the Hubble...

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As the coronavirus interrupts global supply chains, people have an alternative – make it at home

  • Written by Joshua M. Pearce, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan Technological University
Many items labeled "Made in China" could be made on people's desktops instead.kynny/iStock via Getty Images

As COVID-19 wreaks havoc on global supply chains, a trend of moving manufacturing closer to customers could go so far as to put miniature manufacturing plants in people’s living rooms.

Most products in Americans’ homes are labeled...

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Mass graves for coronavirus victims shouldn't come as a shock – it's how the poor have been buried for centuries

  • Written by Vicki Daniel, Teaching Fellow and Instructor of History, Case Western Reserve University
Workers wearing personal protective equipment bury bodies in a trench on Hart Island in New York.John Minchillo/AP Photo

The coronavirus is not only controlling how we live, but increasingly what happens after we die.

In early April, New York City’s Council Health Committee chair Mark Levine generated buzz after tweeting that the city was cons...

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'Reopen' protest movement created, boosted by fake grassroots tactics

  • Written by Marc Ambinder, Executive Fellow in Digital Security, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Protesters seeking relief from lockdown restrictions, like these in Missouri, are being marshaled and egged on by conservative political operatives.AP Photo/Jeff Roberson

Many Americans have been under strict stay-at-home orders, or at least advisories, for more than a month. People are frustrated and depressed, but have complied with what...

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#TyphoidMary – now a hashtag – was a maligned immigrant who got a bum rap

  • Written by Katherine A. Foss, Professor of Media Studies, Middle Tennessee State University
Mary Mallon, after being institutionalized on Brother Island in New York.Getty/Bettman

The country’s most notable healthy carrier of a deadly disease, Mary Mallon, is back – not in person, but as a hashtag: #TyphoidMary.

In the current pandemic, people may unknowingly harbor and spread the coronavirus before they feel sick, largely...

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  3. Diary of Samuel Pepys shows how life under the bubonic plague mirrored today's pandemic
  4. Coronavirus is spreading through rural South’s high-risk population – reopening economies will make it worse
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  6. How to score an internship during the COVID-19 pandemic
  7. BP paid a steep price for the Gulf oil spill but for the US a decade later, it's business as usual
  8. Scientists are working to protect invaluable living collections during coronavirus lockdowns
  9. Renters still left out in the cold despite temporary coronavirus protection
  10. Hajj cancellation wouldn't be the first – plague, war and politics disrupted pilgrimages long before coronavirus
  11. Why farmers are dumping milk down the drain and letting produce rot in fields
  12. Why there isn’t a one-size-fits-all plan for states to reopen their economies
  13. Turkey releasing murderers – but not political opponents – from prison amid coronavirus pandemic
  14. A smart second skin gets all the power it needs from sweat
  15. Cracks in COVID-19 treatment reveal need to bolster primary care
  16. Can an intelligence test forecast which quarterback draft prospects will have NFL success?
  17. Beating coronavirus requires faith leaders to bridge gap between religion and science
  18. 5 ways parents can support their college-age children who've been forced to return home due to COVID-19
  19. Blood sugar levels may influence vulnerability to coronavirus, and controlling them through conventional means might be protective
  20. Teens are wired to resent being stuck with parents and cut off from friends during coronavirus lockdown
  21. Robots are playing many roles in the coronavirus crisis – and offering lessons for future disasters
  22. Taking advantage of unpaid leave can increase the chances that workers will face economic hardship
  23. Chronic conditions worsen coronavirus risk – here's how to manage them amid the pandemic
  24. To protect people in the Great Lakes region from climate extremes, weatherize their homes
  25. 5 ways that colleges and universities are pitching in to deal with the coronavirus pandemic
  26. Linking self-driving cars to traffic signals might help pedestrians give them the green light
  27. How South Korea flattened the coronavirus curve with technology
  28. How much coronavirus testing is enough? States could learn from retailers as they ramp up
  29. Pharmacists could be front-line fighters in battle against opioid epidemic
  30. The coronavirus pandemic might make buildings sick, too
  31. Global tourism industry may shrink by more than 50% due to the pandemic
  32. States are putting prisoners to work manufacturing coronavirus supplies
  33. 4 good practices for anyone caring for quarantined kids
  34. Coronavirus closes in on Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh's cramped, unprepared camps
  35. Why did women vote for Hitler? Long-forgotten essays hold some answers
  36. Coronavirus quarantine could provide lessons for future space travel on how regular people weather isolation
  37. Replacing workers has many costs
  38. We're measuring online conversation to track the social and mental health issues surfacing during the coronavirus pandemic
  39. Hand-washing and distancing don't have tangible benefits – so keeping up these protective behaviors for months will be tricky
  40. Trump wants sports back – but fans aren't so sure
  41. Video: An unhealthy population is at higher risk to die of COVID-19, that’s bad news for Americans
  42. How to avoid infection after a COVID-19 death – an Ebola response veteran explains  
  43. China turns on the charm and angers Trump as it eyes a global opportunity in coronavirus crisis
  44. Doctors facing grim choice over ventilators told to put patients with disabilities at the back of the line
  45. Trump versus the states: What federalism means for the coronavirus response
  46. Can your pets get coronavirus, and can you catch it from them?
  47. Some states more ready for mail-in voting than others
  48. The coronavirus pandemic is making the US housing crisis even worse
  49. 1918 flu pandemic killed 12 million Indians, and British overlords' indifference strengthened the anti-colonial movement
  50. Catholic Church urges Venezuela to unite against coronavirus