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- Young 'pranksters' skewed landmark sexuality study http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2014/01/young-pranksters-skewed-landmark-sexuality-study 52 comments
- Ants and bees—which seem so different—are actually cousins, according to new research. The new findings show unequivocally that ants’ closest living relatives are a superfamily called Apoidea, which includes bees and some solitary hunting wasps. https://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2017/04/study-settles-debate-over-origins-ants-and-bees 78 comments science
- Eye expressions offer a glimpse into the evolution of emotion. Research finds that we interpret a person’s emotions by analyzing the expression in their eyes – a process that began as a universal reaction to environmental stimuli and evolved to communicate our deepest emotions. https://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2017/04/eye-expressions-offer-glimpse-evolution-emotion 4 comments science
- Wicked weeds may be agricultural angels: Farmers looking to reduce reliance on pesticides, herbicides and other pest management tools may want to let nature be nature. http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2016/11/pest-control-wicked-weeds-may-be-agricultural-angels 3 comments science
- Simple questionnaire predicts unprotected sex, binge drinking http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2016/10/simple-questionnaire-predicts-unprotected-sex-binge-drinking 7 comments science
- Cornell's quest: Make the first CubeSat to orbit the moon http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2016/09/cornells-quest-make-first-cubesat-orbit-moon 3 comments space
- Researchers have used the same material found in Febreze, cyclodextrin, to develop a technique that could revolutionize water-purification. A porous form of cyclodextrin that has displayed uptake of pollutants through adsorption at rates vastly superior to traditional activated carbon. http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2015/12/polymer-breakthrough-could-revolutionize-water-purification 4 comments science
- Scientists have developed a device that helps diagnose stroke in less than 10 minutes using a drop of blood. http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2015/11/new-tech-promises-fast-accurate-stroke-diagnosis 4 comments science
- Scientists make world’s thinnest transistor - at three atoms thick http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2015/04/chemists-cook-three-atom-thick-electronic-sheets 227 comments technology
- Scientists make world’s thinnest transistor - at three atoms thick http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2015/04/chemists-cook-three-atom-thick-electronic-sheets 70 comments worldnews
- Women preferred 2:1 over men for STEM faculty positions: "with the exception of male economists, who showed no gender preference." http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2015/04/women-preferred-21-over-men-stem-faculty-positions 14 comments economy
- Researchers build a robot that can reproduce http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2005/05/researchers-build-robot-can-reproduce 4 comments science
- Plant engineered for more efficient photosynthesis - Using cyanobacteria genes in tobacco plants - Cornell - Nature http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2014/09/plant-engineered-more-efficient-photosynthesis 7 comments science
- ALS likely a protein aggregation disease like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2014/10/chemists-show-als-protein-aggregation-disease 3 comments science
- Young 'pranksters' skewed landmark sexuality study, faking homosexuality http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2014/01/young-pranksters-skewed-landmark-sexuality-study 42 comments science
- Super rich benefit from 'status quo bias' - Senate filibuster rules "get in the way of policy change that could reduce inequality of all kinds, including income inequality... Significant changes in policy won’t come without institutional reform." http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/12/super-rich-benefit-status-quo-bias 29 comments politics
- Mathematicians at Cornell have solved the Von Neumann Conjecture. http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/11/vexing-math-problem-finds-elegant-solution 8 comments math
- Bioengineers print ears that look and act like the real thing! http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/feb13/earprint.html 3 comments science
- Cornell study discovers parrots name their chicks http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/july11/parrotnaming.html 177 comments science
- Scientifically ignorant computer derives natural laws from raw data. http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/april09/naturallaws.ws.html 48 comments science
- Cornell Chronicle: Language is simpler than previously known http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/sept12/simplelanguage.html 4 comments artificial
- Language use is simpler than previously thought. A new Cornell study suggests language use is simpler than they had thought. Language is actually based on simpler sequential structures, like clusters of beads on a string. http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/sept12/simplelanguage.html 33 comments science
- Percentage of Program Beneficiaries Who Report they "have not used a Governmental Program". http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/march11/chartlarge.jpg 60 comments politics
- Edible "stop signs" in food intended to help control overeating-- portion control is a notorious problem, especially in the US, so maybe a visual cue iwll help? http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/may12/wansinkchips.html 858 comments science
- Volunteer for a 120 day simulated Mars diet experiment in Hawaii http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/jan12/marsfood.html 7 comments space
- Utilitarianism may have a psychopathic component, reports a Cornell study http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/nov11/utilitarianpizarro.html 17 comments science
- New research: Seeing an American flag subliminally pushes voters towards the GOP http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/july11/flaggop.html 169 comments science
- Study showing that humans have some psychic powers caps Daryl Bem's career http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/dec10/bemstudy.html 15 comments philosophy
- Amazingly small guitar. http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/july97/guitar.ltb.html 5 comments reddit.com
- Cornell Chronicle: Figs kill when wasps don't pollinate http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/jan10/figwasps.html 3 comments reddit.com
- Cornell develops voltage switchable adhesive device [Video] http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/feb10/adhesive.html 4 comments science
- Global warming predictions are overestimated, suggests study on black carbon http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/nov08/soilblackcarbon.kr.html 32 comments science
- If the science is settled, why are there so many discrepancies in the model? http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/nov08/soilblackcarbon.kr.html 6 comments reddit.com
- Asteroids crashing into Earth? SETI? Yeah, we're done with that stuff. Good day. http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/nov07/arecibo.congress.html 12 comments reddit.com
- Insect flight obeys aerodynamic rules, Cornell physicist proves (Mar 2000) http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/march00/aps_wang.hrs.html 2 comments science
- Toxic pollen from genetically modified corn kills monarch butterflies! http://www.news.cornell.edu/chronicle/99/5.20.99/toxic_pollen.html 72 comments science
- Water, air and soil pollution causes 40 percent of deaths worldwide http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/aug07/morediseases.sl.html 2 comments science
- Diet for small planet may be most efficient if it includes dairy and a little meat, Cornell researchers report http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/oct07/diets.ag.footprint.sl.html 5 comments science
- Cornell University Library is partnering with Google http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/aug07/googlebooks.cp.html 2 comments science
- New device from CU physicist tests uncertainty principle to unprecedented level -- and shows that looks can cool http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/sept06/schwab.quantum.html 16 comments reddit.com