Ecology-based economies can avoid future catastrophe

Much has been made of the brief respite in carbon emissions that coronavirus has given the…

Giant leap for corporations? The Trump administration wants to mine resources in space, but is it legal?

As the world tries to cope with the challenges of 2020, discussions around the use of…

Survey reveals extent of coronavirus-related job loss, outsized impact on blacks and Latinos

New findings from one of the few probability-based national tracking surveys to measure the impact of…

New survey: About 24 million jobs have been lost since last official official unemployment report

The employment rate has fallen 12 percentage points in the past few weeks, according to a…

Research contributes to policy changes to support workers amid COVID-19 pandemic

Mark Anner, associate professor of labor and employment relations at Penn State, has published the results…

Politicians, scientists need to cement strong connections

The reaction of governments to the coronavirus pandemic perfectly illustrates the importance of maintaining strong links…

Researcher launches effort to combat coronavirus conspiracies

Hany Farid is quite familiar with lies on the Internet. A professor of electrical engineering and…

International law in the time of the coronavirus

It is a key international actor in the Corona crisis: the World Health Organization (WHO) based…

New research on voting by mail shows neutral partisan effects

The coronavirus has disrupted state primaries and forced the prospect of major reforms for the 2020…

Neolithic genomes from modern-day Switzerland indicate parallel ancient societies

Genetic research throughout Europe shows evidence of drastic population changes near the end of the Neolithic…