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By Rich Haridy – With over 1.5 billion school students around the world currently at home, many are asking when schools will safely be able to reopen. solarseven/Depositphotos. – As governments around the globe deploy a variety of different lockdown strategies to try to …
By Rich Haridy – How long should social distancing and home lockdowns go on for? And what happens when everyone comes outside again? alexlmx/Depositphotos – With billions of people currently confined to their homes, many are asking how long will this lockdown last, and …
The containment practices of outbreaks past could have lessons for modern epidemics The epidemic claimed the lives of some 8 million pigs by spring of 2014. (Carsten Koall/Getty Images) By Katherine J. Wu, SmithsonianMag.Com 2020 Apr 10 – In the spring of 2013, …
By Chris Bryant, The Conversation – Most people in the UK are committed meat eaters – but for how long? My new research into the views of meat eaters found that most respondents viewed veganism as ethical in principle and good for the …
By Carly Cassella 2020 Apr 08 – A global pandemic is as good a time as any to reflect on where we as humans went wrong. Human impact on animal populations worldwide is a direct contributor to zoonotic disease spread, according to a …
By Ben Coxworth – There’s no shortage of used coffee grounds – and they’re full of cellulose. ImagePixel/Depositphotos. – We’ve been hearing more and more about eco-friendly biodegradable plastics, made from cellulose nanofibers. Although those fibers are typically harvested from wood waste, new research …
Coronavirus RNA was found on a cruise ship 17 days after passengers left. What are the risks of handling packages and groceries? Coronavirus – latest US updates Live global updates See all our coronavirus coverage – This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 …
Life in the time of corona More from this series – Covid-19 symptoms, when they occur, vary widely and undertesting means many people have probably been unwittingly infected. Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage – By Danielle Renwick 2020 Apr …
By Rich Haridy – Google says its release of location data is designed to assist local health authorities better understand how effective social distancing measures are in a given community. JohanH/Depositphotos. – In an unprecedented move, Google has publicly released a series of COVID-19 …
By Anthony Wood – Kuwait is known for setting – and breaking – high temperature records. weissdergeier/Depositphotos. – People living in the hottest places on Earth could be up to three times as likely to die from a heart-related cause, according to a …
