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Screens are keeping us connected now – but they're still disruptive to...
Humans evolved to communicate through eye contact.JGI/Jamie Grill via Getty ImagesDigital technology has been a lifeline during the COVID-19 health crisis. Yet, its impact on human relationships...
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Lack of data makes predicting COVID-19's spread difficult but models are...
Public health authorities rely on models to make decisions but how accurate are they?Sarah Silbiger/Getty ImagesEditor’s note: The question everyone in the world wants answered is how far the new...
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Coronavirus may wane this summer, but don't count on any seasonal variation...
Plenty of warm and humid places – including Miami – are seeing the spread of SARS-CoV-2.Jeff Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesWill SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, fade away...
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What we do and do not know about COVID-19's infectious dose and viral load
SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient and imaged using a transmission electron micrograph.NIAIDAs the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, it has become clear that people need to understand basic...
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Making masks at home – what you need to know about how to reduce the...
Homemade masks will not filter the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but may prevent transmission of droplets and spray between individuals.Nikola Stojadinovic/Getty ImagesThe recent Centers for Disease Control and...
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Checking blood for coronavirus antibodies – 3 questions answered about...
Testing blood provides answers about who has been infected.Sean Gallup/Getty Images News via Getty ImagesCoronavirus testing in the United States is moving into a new phase as scientists begin looking...
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Can your pets get coronavirus, and can you catch it from them?
Our pets are always close at hand. Are they at risk during the pandemic?Mayte Torres/Moment via Getty ImagesHumans and animals share many diseases. And as dramatically shown by the tigers that tested...
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We're measuring online conversation to track the social and mental health...
The pandemic is driving up a litany of social ills.Bundit Binsuk/EyeEm via Getty ImagesThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.The big ideaSocial media posts and news reports...
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Coronavirus quarantine could provide lessons for future space travel on how...
A researcher in a spacesuit on "Mars" outside the Mars Society Desert Research Station in Utah.David Howells/Corbis Historical via Getty ImagesI was supposed to travel to “Mars” this month. The plan...
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Linking self-driving cars to traffic signals might help pedestrians give them...
An autonomous vehicle has no driver to communicate with about whether it's safe to cross.Saklakova/iStock/Getty Images PlusThe Research Brief is a short take on interesting academic work.The big...
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Robots are playing many roles in the coronavirus crisis – and offering...
A nurse (left) operates a robot used to interact remotely with coronavirus patients while a physician looks on.MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty ImagesA cylindrical robot rolls into a treatment room to allow...
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Blood sugar levels may influence vulnerability to coronavirus, and...
A woman with diabetes monitors her glycemia on the eighth day of a strict lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19.FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty ImagesCan watching your blood sugar help...
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Teens are wired to resent being stuck with parents and cut off from friends...
The last thing adolescents want is to be trapped at home alone, by order of their parents.Roos Koole/Moment via Getty Images“Can’t I just go see one friend?”“I need to hang out with my friends.”“You...
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A smart second skin gets all the power it needs from sweat
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.The big ideaSkin is the largest organ of the human body. It conveys a lot of information, including temperature, pressure, pleasure...
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Scientists are working to protect invaluable living collections during...
Campus shutdowns mean researchers must be classified as essential personnel to tend collections, like these fungus-colonized plants.Cameron Stauder, CC BY-NDDuring World War II, a devoted group of...
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What is a brain freeze?
Cold and sweet in the heat.Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty ImagesCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...
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Coronavirus drifts through the air in microscopic droplets – here's the...
From your lungs into the air around you, aerosols carry coronavirus. Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via Getty ImagesDuring the 1970s when I was growing up in Southern California, the air was so polluted...
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How the Hubble Space Telescope opened our eyes to the first galaxies of the...
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. NASAThe Hubble Space Telescope launched on the 24th of...
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As the coronavirus interrupts global supply chains, people have an...
Many items labeled "Made in China" could be made on people's desktops instead.kynny/iStock via Getty ImagesAs COVID-19 wreaks havoc on global supply chains, a trend of moving manufacturing closer to...
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The coronavirus genome is like a shipping label that lets epidemiologists...
The steady rate of genetic changes lets researchers recreate how a virus has travelled.nextstrain.org, CC BYFollowing the coronavirus’s spread through the population – and anticipating its next move –...
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