COVID-19’s parallel pandemic: Why we need a mental health ‘vaccine’
Renée El-Gabalawy, University of Manitoba and Jordana Sommer, University of Manitoba Younger people are at...
Why some people are less productive at home than others
Has working at home during lockdown made people more productive or not? This has been...
Ancient Greeks & Romans got many things right about the spread
Barbara Zipser, Royal Holloway From packed train carriages to busy shopping centres, being crammed together...
Will the COVID-19 pandemic really shape the future workplace?
Some workers prefer a hybrid approach, whereby they can alternate between working at home and...
Adoptions but also abuse: the best and worst of times for animals
The pandemic shone a spotlight on the plight of exotic animals after the Netflix Tiger...
The pandemic has pushed medical research into remote Trials
After her teenage daughter tested positive for the novel coronavirus this past January, Jennifer Scruggs...
India’s massive COVID surge puzzles scientists
The pandemic is sweeping through India at a pace that has staggered scientists. Daily case...
Restrictions take a toll on brain function, but there’re techniques to help us
Nancy Brassard, École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP) Confinement — which has been frequent during the...
COVID-19 could end our dependence on cars — if we ‘build back better’
Cameron Roberts, Carleton University; Andrew Brown, University of Leeds; Giulio Mattioli, Technical University of Dortmund,...
Some people don’t get vaccine side-effects: why it’s not a problem
Veenu Manoharan, Cardiff Metropolitan University Most vaccines have side-effects and COVID vaccines are no different....
Metro mayors are all men; we need women’s voices for the best recovery
Fiona Armstrong-Gibbs, Liverpool John Moores University The UK elections taking place this May include seven...
Game changer: SARS-CoV-2 variants are gradually replacing the original strains
More contagious and sometimes resistant to antibodies, some SARS-CoV-2 variants are gradually replacing the original...
Isolation has undercut the human need for collective mourning
With more than 500,000 dead, the COVID-19 pandemic has created a nation touched by grief,...
Before COVID, healthy buildings was a nascent field, but now…
Last January, we saw the early signs out of China and turned our Healthy Buildings...