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Editor's note
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As colleges and universities shut down to minimize the risk of spreading the coronavirus, their scientists are heading home. While teaching may migrate online, research is less portable.
As scientists are no longer able to travel, gather or even access their labs, University of Arizona astronomer Chris Impey explains what’s being lost – and why it matters.
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Maggie Villiger
Senior Science + Technology Editor
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Many scientists have had to hang up their lab coats and go home.
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Chris Impey, University of Arizona
With travel halted and universities and research institutions shutting down, scientists are having trouble keeping their research running. Here's why that matters outside the lab.
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Education
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Mirae J. Fornander, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Families should establish new daily routines, avoid bombarding children with current events or exposing them to misinformation, and practice basic methods that keep anxiety in check.
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Stephen Aguilar, University of Southern California
A researcher takes a closer look at an online compilation of sexual harassment reports on campus.
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Ethics + Religion
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Christopher Beem, Pennsylvania State University
As the coronavirus spreads far and wide, a political philosopher argues that it is a time to understand that the idea of individual happiness does not work without thinking of the larger good.
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Health + Medicine
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Belinda Kong, Bowdoin College
The human spirit is tested during difficult times, but a scholar already has found examples of how people found ways to support one another in China. Other countries have shown similar resilience.
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Joseph Eisenberg, University of Michigan
The coronavirus, like many infectious diseases, can live and spread on inanimate objects in the world around us. An epidemiologist explains how and gives some advice on how to minimize the risk.
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Everett Worthington, Virginia Commonwealth University
Hope can be acquired. How? Here are some suggestions from an expert.
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Arts + Culture
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Jean Twenge, San Diego State University
We don't know how long-lasting the effects of the virus will be, but the outbreak is already having a deep psychological impact on people and disrupting life on a massive scale.
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Science + Technology
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Gregory Porumbescu, Rutgers University Newark
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing people to study and work online. It's also sparked a need for news and information. That's a challenge for the 24 million Americans who lack broadband internet access.
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Politics + Society
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Alex De Waal, Tufts University
Usually when a leader handles a crisis poorly, it's politically costly. But President Trump's mishandling of the coronavirus crisis is not likely to hurt him, says an expert on health crises.
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Paola Díaz, Diego Portales University
The US may be in sight from the border towns of Sonora, Mexico, but the trip is far from over. Cartels control the desert territory that divides the two countries – and no one gets through for free.
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Environment + Energy
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Lara O'Brien, University of Michigan; Shannon Brines, University of Michigan
Releasing balloons at weddings and other celebrations is festive, until they break into pieces and become plastic pollution. A citizen science project is spotlighting the problem.
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Most commercial hand sanitizers are mainly alcohol, but forget about hitting the liquor store and mixing your own.
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