Understanding people's short- and long-distance travel patterns can inform economic development, urban planning, and responses to natural disasters, wars and conflicts, disease outbreaks like the COVID-19 pandemic, and more. ...
Social Sciences
May 18, 2020
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The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted how important essential supermarket workers are, but in reality, they are often amongst the most poorly paid and undervalued employees within our society.
Social Sciences
May 15, 2020
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An overwhelming majority of people in the United States support restricting or suspending in-person religious services during the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a new poll from the University of Chicago Divinity School and ...
Social Sciences
May 13, 2020
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Many commentators have speculated on how the coronavirus pandemic will alter cities and the ways they are planned and used. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has tweeted: "There is a density level in NYC that is destructive ...
Social Sciences
May 12, 2020
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While countries like Denmark are building walls to prevent the spread of African swine fever, a new mathematical model has identified two effective tactics.
Cell & Microbiology
May 6, 2020
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Governors around the country are attempting to restart the economy by easing restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The prospect of returning to "normal" amid a pandemic has businesses lobbying Congress ...
Economics & Business
May 1, 2020
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Since the "black swan" metaphor was coined in the 2007 book of the same name it has become fashionable to label virtually all low probability/high impact events black swans.
Social Sciences
May 1, 2020
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We have all been advised during the coronavirus outbreak to wash our hands frequently with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "many diseases and conditions ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 29, 2020
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Livestock diseases like bluetongue virus (BTV) can have devastating economic and health consequences, but their origins can be difficult to establish. New research published in the open access journal PLOS Biology this week ...
Veterinary medicine
Apr 28, 2020
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The big-ideas TED Conference said Thursday it was allocating prize funding this year to a project aimed at tackling pandemics like the COVID-19 outbreak and related health initiatives.
Other
Apr 23, 2020
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