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Corona As Curator: How Museums Are Responding to the Pandemic
Corona As Curator: How Museums Are Responding to the Pandemic
The current COVID-19 crisis has prompted hand-wringing and self-reflection among some museum professionals. What, they are asking, is the point of a museum that remains closed to the public?
This 3-D Simulation Shows Why Social Distancing Is So Important
We visualized a cough to show how far respiratory droplets can spread. If you haven't been keeping your distance to fight the coronavirus, this may persuade you.
ETH4D Research Challenges
The goal of the ETH4D Research Challenges is to enable collaborations on project-based research between ETH researchers, non-academic partners and partners from the Global South to develop effective solutions for poverty reduction combining technologies, policies and a profound understanding of human behaviour.
Coronavirus Article Free Access 'doesn't Go Far Enough'
With insights from a variety of fields potentially useful in the fight against coronavirus, some French academics are arguing for more research and data to be made publicly available
Graduate Students Seek Time-to-degree and Funding Extensions During COVID-19
Graduate Students Seek Time-to-degree and Funding Extensions During COVID-19
Graduate students face many of the same challenges as faculty members during COVID-19 but have received fewer assurances. Top on their wish list are extended funding and time-to-degree extensions.
Decades of Science Denial Related to Climate Change Has Led to Denial of the Coronavirus Pandemic
France, Germany Join Group of 10 EU Countries Calling for Green Recovery
Paris and Berlin have added their names to a growing list of EU capitals asking for the European Green Deal to be placed at the heart of the EU's post-pandemic recovery plan.
'Suppress and Lift': Hong Kong and Singapore Say They Have a Coronavirus Strategy That Works
'Suppress and Lift': Hong Kong and Singapore Say They Have a Coronavirus Strategy That Works
Both cities tighten control measures after cases spike, but they could soon be relaxed again.
To Bundle or Not to Bundle? That Is the Question
While some libraries seek transformative agreements, others are unbundling the Big Deal: a look at licensing models and revenue pressures for publishers.
What Do Countries With The Best Coronavirus Reponses Have In Common? Women Leaders
From Iceland to Taiwan and from Germany to New Zealand, women are stepping up to show the world how to manage a messy patch for our human family.
Masks for All? The Science Says Yes. · Fast.ai
Confused about mask wearing? Sure, it’s complicated. But not as complicated as some people imply.
Yet Another Consequence of the Pandemic: More Plastic Waste
This new normal means mountains of single-use plastic-and few places to put it but the dump.
A Comic Strip Tour Of The Wild World Of Pandemic Modeling
Check out all the latest coronavirus polling we've collected.
Academic Ecosystems Must Evolve to Support a Sustainable Postdoc Workforce
Academic Ecosystems Must Evolve to Support a Sustainable Postdoc Workforce
The postdoctoral experience is in need of reform. Here the authors outline concrete steps that institutions, postdocs and mentors can take to improve the landscape.
Nature to Join Open-Access Plan S, Publisher Says
Springer Nature says it commits to offering researchers a route to publishing open access in Nature and most Nature-branded journals from 2021.
Resignation of Mauro Ferrari - Statement by the Scientific Council
The ERC's Scientific Council notes with regret the statement made by Mauro Ferrari concerning his resignation on 7 April. We here present the facts of the situation. On Friday 27 March, all 19 active members of the ERC's Scientific Council individually and unanimously requested that Mauro Ferrari resign from his position as ERC's President.
The Face Mask Debate Reveals a Scientific Double Standard
No one complained about the lack of evidence for 20-second hand-washing. So why did we treat face masks differently?
'Every Day is a New Surprise.' Inside the Effort to Produce the World's Most Popular Coronavirus Tracker
'Every Day is a New Surprise.' Inside the Effort to Produce the World's Most Popular Coronavirus Tracker
How a small university team at Johns Hopkins built a COVID-19 data site that draws 1 billion clicks a day.
Hydroxychloroquine: How an Unproven Drug Became Trump's Coronavirus 'miracle Cure'
Hydroxychloroquine: How an Unproven Drug Became Trump's Coronavirus 'miracle Cure'
With help from Fox News and Elon Musk, a misleading French study prompted a wave of misinformation that made its way to the president
COAlition S Publishes Updated Criteria for Transformative Journals
Following a public consultation cOAlition S announces updated criteria for Transformative Journals.
SciELO Preprints Begins Operations
The SciELO Program has launched the SciELO Preprints server with the aim of accelerating the availability of research articles and other scientific communications before, or in parallel with, their evaluation and validation by scientific journals through the peer review process. Although open to all thematic areas, SciELO Preprints will focus on immediately serving communications related to COVID-19.
International Travel Restrictions in Response to the Coronavirus Outbreak
International Travel Restrictions in Response to the Coronavirus Outbreak
Tracking the closure of the borders that governments implemented to contain the spread of COVID-19.
We Created This Beast
Opinion piece argues that there is nothing 'natural' about the coronavirus pandemic: global capitalism has created it. Social distancing is like a general strike: an experiment taking back control over our own time.