Humans have been largely unsuccessful at protecting assets and economic activity against tropical cyclones. Mangrove forest conservation efforts could yield protection benefits from a coastal defense system that is already in place, cheap to maintain, and self-regenerating.

We have tried to keep a distance from each other to curb the early spread of COVID-19. These practices, however, conflict with our needs for social interactions. Resolving this dissonance demands the capacity to retain multiple pieces of potentially conflicting information in working memory. Minimizing information overload, therefore, becomes even more critical at this challenging time.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) urgently calls for prevention and treatment interventions. Neutralizing antibodies isolated from recovered patients are capable of blocking the virus from entry into human cells, potentially acting as the “Elite Squad” to defeat SARS-CoV-2.

Antibodies protect our bodies against viruses. Nevertheless, one other highly specialized component of the adaptive immune system: T cells. Our recent findings characterize virus-specific T cells in COVID-19 patients and in healthy non-infected individuals.

Light exposure and social cues are essential to set our internal clock's time and be healthy. The COVID-19 lockdown forced us to be at home, affecting the main parameters which synchronize our circadian rhythms. Here we compared sleep and chronotype of 1021 participants from Argentina before and during the first month of the lockdown associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Snakes are essential parts of their ecosystem. Even if they are not well-liked, they can indicate what is happening for other species. Amphibian declines have led to a collapse of the ecosystem, using snakes as a model animal. The loss of snakes from nature is far worse for the environment than anticipated and may even encourage people to conserve them.