In this uphill battle against COVID-19, many healthcare workers such as doctors and nurses have to suit up in their personal protective equipment on a daily basis to treat COVID-19 patients that are, at times, on the brink of death. While the sick patients are being treated, healthcare workers are being psychologically affected by the […]
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On June 8th, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the country had completely eradicated COVID-19, citing no active cases for the first time since February. This news brought celebration, as public gatherings such as sporting events, retail shopping, and hospitality have reopened. As some countries succeed and others struggle in standing up to the
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Bread has always been a staple to humanity when it comes to times of crisis. The infamous pictures of bread lines during the Great Depression demonstrated the weight of the economic downturn in the United States. With an unemployment rate of about 25 percent, many people turned to local food banks and churches for bread
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In the age of quarantine, it can easily seem as if nothing can be controlled. The systems and routines that we had developed for ourselves disintegrated within a few days as social safety regulations were implemented. While trying to restore a sense of normalcy to our lives, many have attempted to become more productive with
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Isolation reveals the human mind at its best … and its worst. Free from some of the distractions and stressors that harangue them, our minds have the time and space to wander a bit. We might find ourselves lost in thought or daydreaming more often. By lifting that which constrains our cognitive processes to the
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Although society has seemingly made leaps and bounds over the past century in terms of overall gender equality, the scientific field is still far from balanced. Yes, the early 1900s began with a minuscule number of recognized women in any field of science, but even now, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
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The idea of transforming cities into ideal, or even relatively effective, urban spaces that accommodate physical distancing and large fluctuations in public behavior can seem overwhelming, especially in the tumultuous wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. This task, as a whole, is enormous on an economic, political, and social level, with an innumerable amount of moving
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It sits in a perfectly organized row within many supermarkets today: kombucha, the world’s golden health drink. Its bright, aesthetic labels pull in consumers, but the promises of amazing benefits keeps them hooked. These claims may explain the drink’s ubiquity in the modern day—from being on tap at startup companies to bottled in the refrigerators
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810 miles south of the North Pole, 390 feet deep inside Platåberget Mountain, lay 490 million seeds waiting to be planted. At the world’s northernmost airport, there sits only one destination: the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Formed in collaboration with the Norwegian government and international non-profit The Crop Trust, the seed vault is a preventative
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