From Hamsters to Baboons: The Animals Helping Scientists Understand the Coronavirus
Different species are helping answer different questions about COVID-19 in humans in order to develop vaccines and treatments -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Anti-Vaccine Movement Could Prolong Coronavirus Pandemic, Researchers Warn
Studies of social networks show that opposition to vaccines is small but far-reaching—and growing -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Researchers Will Track Whether Coronavirus Recovery Spending Benefits Climate
The ways governments choose to bolster foundering economies could impact greenhouse gas emissions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Answer to a COVID-19 Vaccine May Lie in Our Genes, But …
We shouldn’t risk our genetic privacy to find it -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Answer to a COVID-19 Vaccine May Lie in Our Genes, But …
We shouldn’t risk our genetic privacy to find it -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Answer to a COVID-19 Vaccine May Lie in Our Genes, But …
We shouldn’t risk our genetic privacy to find it -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coping with ‘Death Awareness’ in the COVID-19 Era
According to terror management theory, people can have surprising reactions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus Test Shortages Trigger a New Strategy: Group Screening
Pooling diagnostic samples, and using a little math, lets more people get tested with fewer assays -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Donut Sugar Could Help Stored Blood Last
Dehydrated blood that could keep at room temperature for years may be possible thanks to a sugar used to preserve donuts, and by tardigrades and brine shrimp to dry out and spring back with water. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How Do Children Spread the Coronavirus? The Science Still Isn’t Clear
Researchers are still trying to understand what the deal is with kids and COVID-19 -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Antipoaching Tech Tracks COVID-19 Flare-Ups in South Africa
Coming out of lockdown, the country is relying on thousands of local case trackers and on software, once used to protect rhinoceroses, for disease surveillance -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How Coronavirus Spreads through the Air: What We Know So Far
The virus that causes COVID-19 can persist in aerosol form, some studies suggest. But the potential for transmission depends on many factors, including infectiousness, dose and ventilation -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
We’re in the Calm before a New Storm of COVID-19 Infections and Deaths
They’ve slowed for now, but as we begin to emerge from our homes, we need to brace for a resurgence -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Blood Clots Are Mysteriously Tied to Many Coronavirus Problems
Research begins to pick apart the mechanisms behind a deadly COVID-19 complication -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How Behavioral Science Can Help Contain the Coronavirus
A new global survey could help us understand why some people follow the rules for avoiding COVID-19 and others don’t -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A Liberal East Coast Science Writer Talks to a Pro-Trump Texan Strength Coach about COVID-19
A weight-lifting guru, author and podcaster calls the U.S. response to the pandemic an “exercise in hysteria" that might do more harm than good -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com