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Social distancing when sick has become second nature to many of us in the past few years, but some sick animals appear to take a different approach. A new study of house finches uncovered a surprising ...

We all remember the advice frequently repeated during the COVID pandemic: maintain six feet of distance from every other human when waiting in a line to avoid transmitting the virus. While reasonable, ...

Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, have found a surprisingly simple way of understanding social-distancing behavior during an epidemic. Tokyo, Japan – ...

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EXCLUSIVE — Protect the Public’s Trust, a watchdog group, is calling for an investigation into U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy for recommending “physical distancing” to combat the coronavirus ...