From Bronze Age traditions to current controversies over flag pins and Predator drones, a new book by anthropology professor Adam Smith sheds light on how material goods defend political order.
A new Cornell study finds that students' exposure to a duty-to-bargain law while in elementary and secondary school lowers their future earnings and leads to fewer hours worked.
No matter how neglected the child, there’s still hope – at least for prairie voles. That’s the message of a new study from a Cornell psychologist that could have implications for human well-being.
A professor of marketing and a Cornell dean who is also a food microbiologist and will be honored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
A self-reinforcing cycle connecting depleted soils and rural farmers may be one answer why Sub-Saharan Africa is home to most of the world's extreme poor, say Cornell researchers.
In research that could have implications in the business world, experts found that firefighter platoons who eat meals together have better group job performance compared to firefighters who dine solo.
John Hale's study, “Modeling fMRI time courses with linguistic structure at various grain sizes,” examines how the individual words of Lewis Carroll's famous tale come together to yield an understanding of each sentence.
As many as one out of 10 people age 60 and older will experience some kind of abuse, most often in the form of financial exploitation, says a new Cornell study.
