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Jane Goodall Is Self-Isolating, Too

JAMES GORMAN

She’s in England, in the house she grew up in, and she has a few thoughts about chimpanzees, the coronavirus pandemic and the loo paper shortage.

D.I.Y. Coronavirus Solutions Are Gaining Steam

ALEXANDRA E. PETRI

From Ireland to Seattle, makers and engineers are creating open-source versions of much-needed medical equipment.

China Created a Fail-Safe System to Track Contagions. It Failed.

STEVEN LEE MYERS

After SARS, Chinese health officials built an infectious disease reporting system to evade political meddling. But when the coronavirus emerged, so did fears of upsetting Beijing.

Undersea Telescopes Scan the Sky from Below

DHANANJAY KHADILKAR

Submarine neutrino detectors will hunt for dark matter, distant star explosions, and more  -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Be Yourself; Everyone Else Is Taken

FRANK MARTELA

How to find meaning in life through authentic and autonomous living -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Trump Extends Social Distancing Guidelines to April 30 as U.S. Cases Top 140,000

The global count has passed 700,000, an official warns Britain that some kind of lockdown may last for months and Joe Biden urges mail-in elections.

The Most Mercurial Field of All

ANDREA GAWRYLEWSKI

Ultracold atomic systems are pushing the boundaries of known physics and may even set the stage for quantum computing -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Color Photography Relies on Potato Starch

Originally published in July 1907 -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

U.S. Clears More Than 5,000 Outpatient Centers as Makeshift Hospitals in COVID Crisis

LIZ SZABO,CARA ANTHONY,KAISER HEALTH NEWS

Ambulatory surgery centers, normally restricted to day use, can now take non-infected patients from hospitals -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

For a Robust Recovery, Invest in Innovation

ADDISON K. STARK

Without federal investment, the current disruption could slow down U.S. economic growth for decades to come -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Be Wary of a Model That Shows a Decline in COVID-19 Deaths - Facts So Romantic

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We have no idea what will happen if, for example, New York runs out of ventilators or if people are sent away from hospitals too soon and infect many others.Illustration by eamesBot / ShutterstockOn April 15, 2020, 2,271 people in the United States will die from COVID-19.That day, the U.S. will be short 61,509 hospital beds, 33,440 slots in intensive care units, and 26,753 ventilators. By August, the death toll will have climbed to 81,114.April 15 is not arbitrary. It is the date a new model forecasts the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. will peak, level off for a few days, and begin to decline. The model comes from The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), supported by the Gates Foundation. It was developed at the request of the University of Washington School of Medicine, other  U.S.  hospital systems, and state governments  working “to determine when COVID-19 would overwhelm their ability to care for patients,” according to a statement from the organization. Data fed into the model includes mortality rates from the World Health Organization and U.S. local and state governments; implementation of social distancing policies across the U.S.; reports from the American Hospital Association on licensed…Read More…