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Gift-Giving on Valentine’s Day – Will You Break A Heart or Break The Bank?
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To gift or not to gift, that is the question. Even though Valentine’s Day is all about love, no one can deny that gifts can make or break the holiday.
bonding
The Science of Human Bonding
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Whether you decide to actually meet your Perfect Match, go out with your significant other or stay in for a night of Netflix with friends, Valentine’s Day can be an opportunity to appreciate the bonds and love we have for each other as humans. But the bonds we’ve formed over the course of our lives don’t just start with us — human bonding is as old as humanity itself.
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Smoke and Mirrors: The Truth Behind the Health Consequences of Teen Vaping
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Vaping is no stranger to the Cornell community, with students scattered across campus casually “hitting” their JUULs in between classes. But are Cornellians aware of its potential health consequences?
News
Five Cornell Faculty Named AAAS Fellows
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Each year, scholars around the nation are nominated to join the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific body. This year, five Cornell faculty were named Fellows, according to a University press release.
humanities
Anonymous $6 Million Donation Will Fund Students’ ‘Pathway Through The Humanities’
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A $6 million anonymous alum donation will fund an undergraduate program targeting humanities research, Dean Ray Jayawardhana told The Sun on Monday morning.
biodiversity
Ornithologists, Birdwatchers Uncover Staggering Magnitude of Bird Population Decline
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Correction appended.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology conservation scientist Dr. Ken Rosenberg led an international team of 12 scientists in an analysis of decades of data on bird population — and the conclusion is disturbing. In the last 50 years, one in four birds in North America has disappeared. Pesticide use and loss of habitat to farmland are some of the most significant contributors to the decline in bird populations, according to Rosenberg. Although scientists have known for a long time that certain bird species were threatened by human activities, this study reveals that these issues apply to birds of nearly all species. “Seeing this net loss of three billion birds was shocking,” Rosenberg said.
alcohol
From Keystone to IPA – Everything You Need to Know About Brewing Beer
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“The amount of grain that you use and the amount of water that you use to cook the grain, has an impact on how much sugar you get in the solution before it’s fermented into alcohol; that is directly related to the alcohol content of the final beer,” Bershaw said.
Award
Rhodes Partner Names Cornell Graduate Student Finalist for Schmidt Science Program
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Allison Tracy grad was named a finalist for the prestigious Schmidt Science Fellowship, a program that partners with the Rhodes Trust — which also administers and awards the famed Rhodes Scholarship — on Friday.
community
Sharing, Spreading and Supporting Science Is ‘Civic Activism,’ Professor Says
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Science outreach is a form of civic activism that is meant to inspire children and young adults to pursue their science-related interests.
cosmology
Cornell Professor Examines History of the Universe
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“Where did we all come from?” is the question Professor Liam McAllister, physics, tries to answer every day. McAllister’s research focuses on string theory, a cutting-edge scientific inquiry that remodels matter as a series of strings. Part of string theory’s appeal to modern mathematicians and physicists is its ability to unite quantum mechanics and gravitational laws. Currently, physicists view the world as a composition of matter and energy and have been able to redefine the approach to understanding the molecular world. However, despite the important jumps quantum physics has allowed scientists to make, there are still questions about the magnitude or scale of quantum theory, especially in application to the early universe.