In the Headlines

March 2021

A Guide To NFTs: What Are They, and Why Did Someone Spend $69 Million for One?

USA Today

Asian-Americans Are Being Attacked. Why Are Hate Crime Charges So Rare?

The New York Times

Collaboration With Police Divides Social Workers Across U.S.

AP

Why Do We Dream and What Does It Mean? Sleep Experts Explain

TODAY

Age-Old Problem: How Easy Is It for Athletes To Fake Their Birthdates?

The Guardian

How Do You Treat Coronavirus? Here Are Physicians’ Best Strategies

Science

Hundreds Of People Who Joined The Capitol Riot May Never Face Charges

Buzzfeed News

Virus Variants Likely Evolved Inside People With Weak Immune Systems

The New York Times

Don't Worry, Be Happy: How Your State of Mind Could Affect Your COVID Jab

The Guardian

The Coronavirus Variants Experts Are Most Concerned About

CBS News

When Will COVID-19 End? A Year Into the Pandemic, Public Health Experts Say: Never

CBS News

COVID Antibody Treatments Show Promise for Preventing Severe Disease

Nature

‘An Accelerated Cauldron of Evolution’: COVID-19 Patients With Cancer, HIV, May Play a Role in Emergence of Variants

The Washington Post

‘Finishing the Deal’: Biden Vaccine Victories Build on Trump Team’s Work

The Washington Post

4 Ways Our Understanding of the Coronavirus Has Changed a Year Into the Pandemic

PBS Newshour

People Are Keeping Their Vaccines Secret

The Atlantic

Why the Pandemic Left Long-Term Scars on Global Job Market

The Washington Post

Evidence of Elusive Majorana Particle Dies—but Computing Hope Lives On

Nature

The Legacy of the Lost Year Will Be Devastating Inequality

Bloomberg

Why Some People Can Deal With the Cold

BBC

Convalescent Plasma Strikes Out As COVID-19 Treatment

NPR

Artificial Intelligence Meets Real Friendship: College Students Are Bonding With Robots

Los Angeles Times

Why Fewer Black Americans Are Getting The COVID-19 Vaccine (*No, It’s Not Hesitancy)

FiveThirtyEight

The Lost Year: What the Pandemic Cost Teenagers

ProPublica

Scientists Underestimated the Coronavirus—and Are Racing To Keep up With Evolution

The Washington Post

In a Land Dominated by Ex-Rebels, Kosovo Women Find Power at the Ballot Box

The New York Times

Open Spaces, No Pharmacies: Rural U.S. Confronts Vaccine Void

AP

It Pays To Get a 2nd Home Appraisal, Especially if You're a Black Homeowner, Hidden Camera Investigation Shows

CBC News

Sidewalk Robots Get Legal Rights as "Pedestrians"

Axios

Don’t Shun the Afternoon Nap—It Can Help Keep You Happy, Healthy, Enhance Creativity and Reduce Anxiety

MarketWatch

Biden Cautious in Making Trump Tax Returns Decision

The Hill

Rural Americans in Pharmacy Deserts Hurting for COVID-19 Vaccines

CNN

Why Republicans Don’t Fear An Electoral Backlash For Opposing Really Popular Parts Of Biden’s Agenda

FiveThirtyEight

The Tragic Irony of the U.S. Capitol’s Peace Monument

Smithsonian Magazine

Fractured: Harmful Chemicals and Unknowns Haunt Pennsylvanians Surrounded by Fracking

Environmental Health News

Employers Have Escaped Paying $100 Million in Federal OSHA Fines

Bloomberg Law

6 COVID-19 Treatments Helping Patients Survive

The Conversation

Stem Cell Injections Show Early Promise Against Spinal Cord Injuries

U.S. News & World Report

Why a Combo of 2 Fruits and 3 Veggies Each Day Could Lead To a Longer Life

TODAY

February 2021

Governors Lift COVID-19 Restrictions Despite Risks of New Spike

The Hill