5 Scientific Studies You Can Volunteer for Today

The world may be at a standstill, but science marches on

Allison Hirschlag
Elemental
Published in
4 min readJul 1, 2020

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Environmentalist taking water sample
Photo: Sean Justice/Getty Images

Along with practically everything else, the pandemic has put a moratorium on countless field studies and clinical trials that aren’t Covid-19-related. For example, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies’ fieldwork involving mapping the disrupted circadian rhythms of night-shift workers…

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Allison Hirschlag
Elemental

Writer of varying attitudes. Words at WaPo, Scientific American, Cosmo, Audubon, Weather, McSweeneys, Weekly Humorist and elsewhere. Likes laughing. And cheese.