Why teens are tortured by coronavirus lockdown

+ expressing empathy and South Korea’s flatter curve Edition: US - Today's top story: Teens are wired to resent being stuck with parents and cut off from friends during coronavirus lockdown [Click here to view this message in your web-browser](. Edition: US 25 April 2020 [The Conversation]( Academic rigor, journalistic flair Editor's note If you have a teenager in your household, you might be getting a double dose of moping and grumping during this period of social distancing. Being cooped up at home is no picnic for anyone. But psychology professor Catherine Bagwell explains how [adolescents are exquisitely calibrated]( to hate the coronavirus lockdown, thanks to normal developmental changes. This week we also liked articles that conveyed how the coronavirus [spreads through the air](, offered some guidance on how to get better at [expressing empathy]( and highlighted how [religious leaders]( can help get this pandemic under control. Maggie Villiger Senior Science + Technology Editor The last thing adolescents want is to be trapped at home alone, by order of their parents. Roos Koole/Moment via Getty Images [Teens are wired to resent being stuck with parents and cut off from friends during coronavirus lockdown]( Catherine Bagwell, Emory University Together the social and emotional 'jobs' of adolescence – developing intimate friendships and achieving autonomy – make teens uniquely resistant to calls for social distancing. From your lungs into the air around you, aerosols carry coronavirus. Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via Getty Images [Coronavirus drifts through the air in microscopic droplets – here’s the science of infectious aerosols]( Shelly Miller, University of Colorado Boulder Aerosols are the tiny particles of liquid and material that float around in our environment. When they come from an infected person, they may be a significant source of coronavirus transmission. Social distancing is challenging couples in an unprecedented way. Witthaya Prasongsin/Moment via Getty Images [How to listen to your loved ones with empathy when you yourself are feeling the strain of social distancing]( Annmarie Caño, Wayne State University When you're stuck at home during social distancing, it's only natural to feel on edge at times. So how do you listen to a loved one who's on edge, too? - [Tomanowos, the meteorite that survived mega-floods and human folly]( Daniel Garcia-Castellanos, Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera (ICTJA - CSIC) Tomanowos, aka the Willamette Meteorite, may be the world's most interesting rock. Its story includes catastrophic ice age floods, theft of Native American cultural heritage and plenty of human folly. - [‘Reopen’ protest movement created, boosted by fake grassroots tactics]( Marc Ambinder, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism Research and investigative journalism call into question the authenticity of – and actual public support for – recent protests demanding governments lift lockdowns and 'reopen' the US economy. - [How the Hubble Space Telescope opened our eyes to the first galaxies of the universe]( Rodger I. Thompson, University of Arizona Thirty years ago the Hubble Space Telescope began snapping photos of distant stars, providing a time machine that has taken astronomers back to when the universe was less than a billion years old. - [How South Korea flattened the coronavirus curve with technology]( - [Robots are playing many roles in the coronavirus crisis – and offering lessons for future disasters]( - [4 good practices for anyone caring for quarantined kids]( - [Why prisoners are at higher risk for the coronavirus: 5 questions answered]( - [Turkey releasing murderers – but not political opponents – from prison amid coronavirus pandemic]( - [Why there isn’t a one-size-fits-all plan for states to reopen their economies]( - [Mass graves for coronavirus victims shouldn’t come as a shock – it’s how the poor have been buried for centuries]( - [What’s lost when we’re too afraid to touch the world around us?]( - [Replacing workers has many costs]( - [6 tips for parents who home-school]( - [Beating coronavirus requires faith leaders to bridge gap between religion and science]( [Follow us on Twitter.]( [Join us on Facebook.]( You’re receiving this newsletter from [The Conversation](. Not interested anymore? [Unsubscribe instantly](. We’ll miss you. 89 South Street - Suite 202 Boston, MA 02111