ART & LIFE

ART & LIFE

Central Park, New York City, on Memorial Day weekend, May 24, 2020.

Twitter posts show that people are profoundly sad – and are visiting parks to cheer up

Joe Roman, University of Vermont and Taylor Ricketts, University of Vermont The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States…
Parents with children forced to do school at home are drinking more

Parents with children forced to do school at home are drinking more

Susan Sonnenschein, University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Elyse R. Grossman, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health…
Cell-like decoys could mop up viruses in humans – including the one that causes COVID-19

Cell-like decoys could mop up viruses in humans – including the one that causes COVID-19

Duck decoys lure real ducks within range of hunters. Nanoparticles that look like cells serve as both decoys…
COVID-19 Unmasks Inequality in Health Care, Economics and Criminal Justice Among Youths

COVID-19 Unmasks Inequality in Health Care, Economics and Criminal Justice Among Youths

This is the first in a two-part series about low- and moderate-income youth. Part two will focus on…

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How DC Mayor Bowser used graffiti to protect public space

How DC Mayor Bowser used graffiti to protect public space

  Rebekah Modrak, University of Michigan When President Donald Trump sent heavily armed federal law enforcement officers and…
jonetta rose barras: COVID-19 and the arts — past and future — in DC

jonetta rose barras: COVID-19 and the arts — past and future — in DC

With Mayor Muriel Bowser set to begin reopening DC after the city’s weekslong closure amid a public health…
Uprisings after pandemics have happened before – just look at the English Peasant Revolt of 1381

Uprisings after pandemics have happened before – just look at the English Peasant Revolt of 1381

In this 1470 illustration, the radical priest John Ball galvanizes the rebels. The British Library Susan Wade, Keene…
5 ways eating in a pandemic is improving your relationship with food – and why you should stick with them

5 ways eating in a pandemic is improving your relationship with food – and why you should stick with them

In some households, children have been learning to cook and bake while parents are home during the pandemic.…
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