401- The Natural Experiment
99% Invisible
In general, the coronavirus shutdowns have been terrible for academic research. Trips have been canceled, labs have shut down, and long-running experiments have been interrupted. But there are some researchers for whom the shutdowns have provided a unique opportunityβa whole new data set, a chance to gather new information, or to look at information in a new way. And so, this week, weβre bringing you stories very different academic fields, about researchers who are using this bizarre, tragic moment to learn something new about the world.
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