Science & Society

Psychology

Five tips for learning better from home

When adapting to learning a new way, such as online from home, you may need to adjust habits and more actively reach out when help is needed.

Science & Society

From buses to low-cost internet: Creative paths to online access

From loaner computers and ‘shared’ or reduced-cost internet, U.S. schools and companies are bringing the internet to social-distancing students.

Psychology

Learning will change with COVID-19’s social distancing

As COVID-19 has shuttered schools to foster social distancing, the way kids learn is changing. Here are tips from some of the first sidelined classrooms.

Science & Society

Before working on spacecraft, this engineer overcame self-doubt

Tiera Fletcher once dreamed of working on spacecraft. Gaining confidence helped her become an engineer who designs vehicles for moon or Mars travel.

Earth

Laundry tweaks can help clothes last longer and pollute less

Clothes washed in cooler water and for less time shed less dye and fewer fibers, a new study finds. That’s better for clothes — and the environment.

Environment

Greener than burial? Turning human bodies into worm food

Composting human bodies yielded good results — and good soil — in one small study. It could become an alternative to burial or cremation in one state.

Animals

Conservation is going to the dogs

Scientists are now training dogs to help track rare, elusive — and sometimes invasive — plants and animals.

Plants

Let’s learn about the future of food

Technology and a warming world will change what you eat and how it gets to your plate.

Earth

Desert trails and microbial life excite this soil scientist

To help her desert community, Lydia Jennings focuses her research on how mining affects soil microbes.

Health & Medicine

COVID-19: When will it be safe to go out again?

No one yet knows when social distancing can end. Experts explain we need 'herd immunity,' which won't be easy and may come at a horrific cost.

Psychology

How to cope as COVID-19 imposes social distancing

As schools close in an effort to curtail the new coronavirus pandemic, we know how you feel and what you’re missing. Here are some tips for coping.

Science & Society

Here are some free resources for kids (and parents) now learning at home

From a weekly word to a new learning series, here’s how Science News Explores can help young science learners while schools are closed.