"While Covid sent many firms to the wall, others prospered by spotting opportunities, from test kits to mask coatings"

"A reminder that if we hope to ever rebuild an economy that works for everyone, we need a much stronger labor movement."

"John Nash’s notion of equilibrium is ubiquitous in economic theory, but a new study shows that it is often impossible to reach efficiently."

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"Instead of dwelling on a drop in life expectancy in 2020, the US should worry about the long-term trend, a demographer says."

"Companies are starting to summon workers back, though many employees have said they prefer more flexible office schedules. “We can’t be a great company working remotely.”"

"Data science infrastructure is sorely needed in many places. Doctors Without Borders brings medical help to nations in need, but similar efforts are relatively small for statistics."

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"Covid-19 put American health care even further behind other wealthy nations."

"Mixing and matching Covid vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca-Oxford generates a "robust" immune response, a study led by Oxford University found."

"For the philosopher of “hyperobjects”—vast, unknowable things that are bigger than ourselves—the coronavirus is further proof that we live in a dark ecology."

>"Without tourism, the funding that sustains some of the world’s most treasured wildlife has atrophied."

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