Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian, University of Cambridge; Christelle Langley, University of Cambridge, and Deniz Vatansever, Fudan University Whether you have contracted COVID-19 or not, your brain is likely to have changed over the past few months. The virus itself can cause a number […]
Michael Zandi, UCL Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re still learning what the disease can do. There are now detailed reports of brain illness emerging in people with relatively mild lung illness, in those who are critically ill and also […]
David F Hendry, University of Oxford; Jennifer L Castle, University of Oxford, and Jurgen A Doornik, University of Oxford Confirmed COVID-19 cases have now passed 10 million: what will they be next week, globally and in your country? Having a good estimate […]
Tara Hipwood, Northumbria University, Newcastle Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, our homes have been serving as makeshift workplaces, schools, gyms and pubs. And many of us are spending more time in them than ever before. People often choose to buy […]
Lena Ciric, UCL For many of us, grocery shopping is when we will come into contact with the highest number of people during the pandemic. The more people we encounter, the higher the risk of virus transmission. So, how do we keep […]
Olivier Restif, University of Cambridge As global COVID-19 cases top two million, it’s humbling to remember that it all started when one person got infected by one wild animal. We may never find out precisely where or when it occurred, nor […]
Jason Ellis, Northumbria University, Newcastle Although science knows what dreams are, it is still not known exactly why we dream, although plenty of theories exist. Dreams are patterns of sensory information that occur when the brain is in a resting state – […]
Simon Mair, University of Surrey Where will we be in six months, a year, ten years from now? I lie awake at night wondering what the future holds for my loved ones. My vulnerable friends and relatives. I wonder what will happen […]
Patricia Riddell, University of Reading You may have noticed that some people have responded very differently to new rules on lockdown and social distancing. Some seem appalled. Other reassured. What might account for these differences? It is easy to think that we […]
Simone Abram, Durham University How do you respond to a crisis? It’s obvious that the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been dramatically different to anything provoked by repeated scientific warnings about climate change. The many organisations that declared climate emergencies throughout […]
Wanda Markotter, University of Pretoria The current COVID-19 outbreak is driven by a novel coronavirus (SARS CoV-2) that is spreading between people. The first human infections were reported at the end of December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei province in China when a […]
Jeremy Rossman, University of Kent As the coronavirus death toll continues to rise, some have suggested that the approaching warmer spring weather in the northern hemisphere may slow or even stop the spread of the disease. US president Donald Trump echoed this, […]
Julii Brainard, University of East Anglia and Paul Hunter, University of East Anglia One of the strategies the British government will use to control the spread of COVID-19 is self-isolation. In case you are wondering exactly what self-isolation entails, we have provided […]
Edward Parker, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Beate Kampmann, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine For many of us, the threat of coronavirus suddenly feels much closer to home. The last few days have seen a rapid increase […]
Chris Colvin, Queen’s University Belfast and Eoin McLaughlin, University College Cork As news of the global spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerged, global financial markets reacted pessimistically and behaved in ways not seen since the 2008 financial crisis. But fully understanding the […]
Brian Labus, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Editor’s note: The World Health Organization has declared that COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, has a higher fatality rate than the flu. As of March 4, 2020, nine deaths have been reported […]
Clint Witchalls, The Conversation The year had barely begun when stories started to emerge of a worrying number of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China, caused by a mysterious new “coronavirus”. The Conversation published its first story on the outbreak on January 13. […]