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“Besides, InSight has perhaps the coolest sequence for setting up its instruments: delicately lifting two of its instruments over the side and gently lowering them onto the surface, like a robot stevedore unloading its cargo on an alien world.”
Jonathan Lunine
David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences
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"Instead of reducing smoking, the proposed New York City initiatives might mainly drive smokers to New Jersey or to illegal street vendors."
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Media Relations Office
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607-255-6074
Related Tip Sheet:
Raising NYC cigarette prices will ignite illegal street sales (04/27/17)
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“In the last two years, New York City has saved 90 percent of homeless animals in their care through the work of the Mayor’s Alliance. Achieving this goal deserves tremendous celebration – and requires continued passion for adopting pets from shelters!”
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This local New York story resonates deeply as it travels in multiple directions in a world in which the garment trade is global. Its echoes reverberate in the Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh and elsewhere around the globe.
Media:
Rebecca Valli
rv234@cornell.edu
202-434-8049
Related Tip Sheet:
Triangle fire of 1911 still echoes in NYC and beyond (03/19/18)
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“Autonomous cars need to have an incredible amount of data and information. Limiting the area to a heavily congested part of New York City is also problematic. Pedestrian, bicycle, individual cars, and mass transit busses make this an incredibly difficult scenario. GM must have a high degree of confidence in their Bolt fleet of test cars to attempt this test."
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Media Relations Office
mediarelations@cornell.edu
607-255-6074
Related Tip Sheet:
Pedestrians pose problems for self-driving cars in NYC (10/17/17)
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“One issue that will need careful attention in New York City is how the cars deal with pedestrians simply stepping in front of the car. Cars right now hit the brakes when an object appears in front of them but this could become a problem with pedestrians ‘bullying’ self-driving cars. Pedestrians don’t step in front of human-operated cars because they are not sure the driver will stop – but self-driving cars will not have a choice but to stop."
Media:
Media Relations Office
mediarelations@cornell.edu
607-255-6074
Related Tip Sheet:
Pedestrians pose problems for self-driving cars in NYC (10/17/17)
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“This has been an issue in Upstate New York for years. The important thing about urban environments is that when ash trees are killed by emerald ash borer, they lose their tensile strength rapidly and fall down in chunks, which threatens public safety. The best preventative measure for New Yorkers is to not move firewood."
Media:
Daryl Lovell
dal296@cornell.edu
607-592-3925
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