Don't panic (again): Here's why Melbourne's supermarket shortages will quickly pass
You're nervous, I get it.
Social Sciences
Jul 9, 2020
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Flushing toilets create clouds of virus-containing particles
Researchers used a computer simulation to show how a flushing toilet can create a cloud of virus-containing aerosol droplets that is large and widespread and lasts long enough that the droplets could be breathed in by others.
Soft Matter
Jun 16, 2020
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About that spare room: employers requisitioned our homes and our time
Working from home during COVID-19 appeared to cost us little.
Economics & Business
Jun 11, 2020
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Epidemic of wipes and masks plagues sewers, storm drains
Mayor Jim Kenney kicked off a recent briefing on Philadelphia's coronavirus response with an unusual request for residents: Be careful what you flush.
Environment
Jun 4, 2020
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Scarcity reduces consumers' concerns about prices, even during a pandemic, research shows
During the current pandemic, panicked overbuying of products such as toilet paper, cleaning products and similar items often has led to limited options for consumers and empty store shelves. What's often left are generic ...
Economics & Business
May 13, 2020
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'Iso', 'boomer remover' and 'quarantini': How coronavirus is changing our language
People love creating words—in times of crisis it's a "sick" (in the good sense) way of pulling through.
Social Sciences
May 11, 2020
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Coronavirus contact-tracing apps: Most of us won't cooperate unless everyone does
As governments look to ease general social-distancing measures and instead use more targeted strategies to stop coronavirus transmission, we face a social dilemma about the limits of cooperative behaviour.
Social Sciences
Apr 23, 2020
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A supply chain expert weighs in on the current crisis and maps out a plan for the future
Well before hand sanitizer became impossible to find and store shelves across the country were emptied of toilet paper, Brian Aoaeh, who teaches in NYU Tandon's Department of Technology Management and Innovation, was pointing ...
Economics & Business
Apr 8, 2020
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Hoarding 'cycle of hysteria' putting unnecessary strain on supply chain
Empty shelves of basics like toilet paper, pasta, canned goods and meats are making grocery shopping a frustrating experience these days, but cart-stuffing shoppers have only themselves to blame, says a University of Alberta ...
Economics & Business
Mar 30, 2020
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Financial, economic actions during crisis may be rational, if not ethical
Wild stock market gyrations and runs on toilet paper as well as other home goods might seem like acts spurred by financial and economic fear and panic. But Paolo Pasquariello sees such reactions as rational—if not always ...
Social Sciences
Mar 27, 2020
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