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The Cosmologist Working to Preserve the Night Sky for the Future
Dr. Aparna Venkatesan studies the distant reaches of space and time, while advocating for a night sky undamaged by orbital clutter.
Why This Astronomer Thinks We're on the Cusp of Finding Signs of Alien Life
Lisa Kaltenegger, director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell, talks exoplanets, telescopes, and first contact.
Google and Wikipedia Are Making an AI-Powered Internet Beef Detector
By looking at how a conversation begins on Wikipedia, neural networks are learning to predict how they will end.
This AI Will Turn Your Dog Into a Cat
A new version of the algorithm that can change summer into winter for any video can now turn your dogs into cats.
This Genius 12-Year-Old Is the Youngest Person to Go to an Ivy League
Seems reasonable considering he read 'Lord of the Rings' at five and started studying calculus at six.
There Is a Protest Over Cornell University's Acquisition of Afrika Bambaataa's Vinyl Collection
The protest comes as the MC fights allegations of child molestation.
The Environmental Protection Agency Says Fracking Is Safe — But Its Scientific Advisors Disagree
In June, the agency said that the drilling technique had no “widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water,” but scientists say it omitted case studies from Pennsylvania, Wyoming, and Texas, where water contamination may have occurred.
This Study Says Being Served By Fat Waitstaff Makes You Order More Food
According to new research from Cornell University, being served by overweight front-of-house staff can impact the amount of food we order in restaurants.
The First Test Tube Puppies Have Been Born
After decades of research and attempted trials, in-vitro fertilization (IVF) had been carried out successfully in a dog for the first time.