Public Health
Coronavirus News Roundup, May 1–May 7
Pandemic highlights for the week
Opinion
Behavior & Society
How GPS Weakens Memory—and What We Can Do about It
A new app helps you navigate, not with turn-by-turn directions but via audio “beacons”
Public Health
Brazil’s Pandemic Is a ‘Biological Fukushima’ That Threatens the Entire Planet
The largest country in Latin America now has states and cities where deaths are outpacing births
Policy & Ethics
COVID’s Outsize Impact on Asian Americans Is Being Ignored
Along with Pacific Islanders, they suffer from disproportionately high death rates and hospitalizations and low testing—but their suffering remains invisible
Space
Watching the Universe Expand in Real Time
Within a decade or two, we could observe the cosmic expansion, not as a series of snapshots but as a very slow-motion film
Behavior & Society
We Must Rethink the Role of Medical Expert Witnesses
The Derek Chauvin trial highlighted a deficiency in the criminal justice system
Public Health
How Human Challenge Trials Can Accelerate Vaccine Development
Studies in which subjects volunteer to be infected with a disease reduce the uncertainties and bottlenecks of other types of trials
Mental Health
Major Depressive Disorders Have an Enormous Economic Impact
Their prevalence has more than tripled during the pandemic, but the trends were already troubling long before it arrived
Behavior & Society
Sally Ride’s Enduring Legacy
America’s first woman in space worked to make STEM education more equitable and inclusive, with a special emphasis on encouraging participation by girls
Biology
The Delight of Watching Birds on the Streets of New York
This past pandemic winter, when the world felt doubly dreary, our avian friends were especially high on many peoples’ happy lists...
