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Fight viruses in your home without making bacteria stronger

By Katherine J. Wu

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Will it be safe to hold the Olympics in 2021?

By Kate Baggaley

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COVID-19 has exposed serious food-security issues in the US. Technology can help.

By Robyn Metcalfe/MIT Press Reader

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Check these privacy and security settings before your next Zoom video chat

By Stan Horaczek

Homeless populations are among America’s most vulnerable to the coronavirus

COVID-19 is interrupting lab animal research, sometimes fatally

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An environmental stimulus bill could help us bounce back from COVID-19

The huge Navy hospital ships in Los Angeles and New York have a rich history

A vegan world wouldn’t keep diseases like COVID-19 from infecting humans

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Scientists are experimenting with three kinds of COVID-19 vaccines

By Jean Peccoud/The Conversation

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COVID-19 has cut air pollution in some countries—but will this blip make a difference?

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Inside the flying military hospital that’s treating COVID-19 patients

By Christina Mackenzie

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A panic attack can mimic the symptoms of COVID-19. Here’s what to do about it.

By Rachel Feltman

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Five beast-mode workouts PopSci editors are doing from home

By Popular Science Team

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Nature’s best toilet paper substitutes

By Bill Heavey/Field & Stream

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American Airlines hasn’t flown cargo-only flights since 1984. That just changed.

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COVID-19 is separating parents from their newborns

By Katharine Gammon/Undark

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Four essentials you can donate to help healthcare workers fighting COVID-19

By Sara Kiley Watson

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COVID-19 could be especially bad news for the South

By Laura Beil/Undark

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Don’t take chloroquine to prevent COVID-19

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Twelve meals you can make from frozen produce during uncertain times

By Catherine Tillman Whalen/Saveur

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Yes, the new coronavirus is mutating—but that’s not a bad thing

By Kate Baggaley

Fourteen mobile games to make your quarantine more fun

By Shira Chess/MIT Press Reader

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A guide to safe outdoor activities during the coronavirus pandemic

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Confirmed US cases of COVID-19 have surpassed 50,000. How many are really out there?

By Rachel Feltman

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Why so many of the COVID-19 graphs you see are misleading

By Sara Chodosh

CDC’s laboratory test kit for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

Everything you need to know about getting tested for coronavirus

By Kate Baggaley & Claire Maldarelli

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How to quarantine with your partner without destroying your relationship

By Rachel Feltman

Look better on video calls using pro photography techniques

By Stan Horaczek

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Losing your sense of smell could be a sign of COVID-19

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How to stop touching your face

By Benning, Labus & Barchard/The Conversation

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How airlines are wrestling with the fallout of COVID-19

By Rob Mark/Flying Magazine

North American bats tend to roost among the fungus that kills them

By Kate Baggaley

How long will COVID-19 last?

By Kate Baggaley

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13,000 fans moshed at home as a metal band streamed from an empty venue

By Stan Horaczek

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An expert guide to love and sex during a pandemic

By Sara Kiley Watson

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How to disinfect public surfaces during a pandemic (and whether you even need to)

By Katherine J. Wu

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No, you don’t need to hoard toilet paper to prep for a pandemic

By Jay L. Zagorsky/The Conversation

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Europe is the new epicenter of coronavirus, and the US may be next

By Rachel Feltman

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How the COVID-19 mask shortage imperils virus research

By Katherine J. Wu/Undark

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Eleven soup recipes perfect for freezing and hoarding

By John Kennedy

Gotta fly? Wash your hands early and often to keep COVID-19 from following you home

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Who’s responsible for containing COVID-19?

By Brian Labus/The Conversation

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COVID-19 symptoms typically appear 5 days after infection

By Kate Baggaley

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COVID-19 has now killed 29 people in the U.S.

By Rachel Feltman

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Why COVID-19 can’t beat a good hand-washing

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The American healthcare system is only making COVID-19 worse

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The melting Arctic gives scientists valuable access to long-dead viruses

By Marlene Cimons/Nexus Media

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What the official COVID-19 mortality rate actually means

By Rachel Feltman

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Hand washing trumps sanitizer when it comes to beating viruses

By Sara Kiley Watson

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Thirteen science questions about COVID-19 from teens

By Rachel Feltman

What pregnant people need to know about COVID-19

By Kate Baggaley

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COVID-19 is exposing dangerous flaws in how we make and prescribe drugs

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All the ways you can—and can’t—catch the coronavirus

By Kate Baggaley

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How to prepare for a viral outbreak like COVID-19

By John Kennedy

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Six rare bone disorders you probably haven’t heard of

By Sara Chodosh

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What COVID-19’s ‘inevitable’ spread in the United States actually means

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Thank syphilis for these three major fashion trends

By Popular Science Team

Photograph of Parasaurolophus fossil mount at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, 2017

Duck-billed dinosaurs had the same bone tumors as people

By Kate Baggaley

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Just how contagious is COVID-19? This chart puts it in perspective.

By Matthew R. Francis

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The prejudice stemming from the coronavirus outbreak isn’t new

By Marisa Peryer/Undark

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Want to stay healthy? Learn to wash your hands the right way.

By Rachel Feltman

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The novel coronavirus finally has a name—two of them, actually

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Cervical cancer could soon be a disease of the past

By Kate Baggaley