Has working at home during lockdown made people more productive or not? This has been the subject of some lively debate recently. Many companies do […]
Barbara Zipser, Royal Holloway From packed train carriages to busy shopping centres, being crammed together in often poorly ventilated spaces had become so normal that […]
Some workers prefer a hybrid approach, whereby they can alternate between working at home and in the office. Getty Images Natasha Winkler-Titus, Stellenbosch University The […]
The pandemic shone a spotlight on the plight of exotic animals after the Netflix Tiger King series. It also resulted in a run on pet […]
After her teenage daughter tested positive for the novel coronavirus this past January, Jennifer Scruggs got to work disinfecting surfaces in their home in Bethpage, […]
The pandemic is sweeping through India at a pace that has staggered scientists. Daily case numbers have exploded since early March: the government reported 273,810 […]
Nancy Brassard, École nationale d’administration publique (ENAP) Confinement — which has been frequent during the pandemic — has undeniable effects on the brain. There’s the […]
Cameron Roberts, Carleton University; Andrew Brown, University of Leeds; Giulio Mattioli, Technical University of Dortmund, and Julia K. Steinberger, University of Leeds When discussing low-carbon […]
Veenu Manoharan, Cardiff Metropolitan University Most vaccines have side-effects and COVID vaccines are no different. The public are being reassured that if they experience a […]
Fiona Armstrong-Gibbs, Liverpool John Moores University The UK elections taking place this May include seven contests for combined-authority metro mayors in England. These “metro mayors” […]
More contagious and sometimes resistant to antibodies, some SARS-CoV-2 variants are gradually replacing the original strains. While this virus, which appeared recently in humans, is […]
With more than 500,000 dead, the COVID-19 pandemic has created a nation touched by grief, compounded by the trauma of job loss, financial trouble, and […]
Last January, we saw the early signs out of China and turned our Healthy Buildings program around and started working with different organizations to help […]
In May, the Brazilian city of Manaus was devastated by a large outbreak of COVID-19. Hospitals were overwhelmed and the city was digging new grave […]
Initially, it looked like herd immunity could be reached when 60-70% of the population was immune. Herd immunity means that enough of the population has […]
Asia-Pacific to lead global jeans market growth The emerging markets across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region are set to play a crucial role in the revival […]
