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The Washington Post

Severin Engelmann, postdoctoral associate at Cornell Tech, says the students’ experiment shows “how easy it is to create an efficient surveillance apparatus.”

Reuters

Gustavo Flores-Macias, professor of government, says “He's making a point in his resignation letter to highlight the importance of the judiciary remaining beyond the political tides of the moment.”

NPR

Art Wheaton, senior extension associate at the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, says “If you had it for decades and you gave it up in the last negotiations, it's not unreasonable to ask to get it reinstated. But I don't think it's achievable.”

Associated Press

Allison Koenecke, assistant professor of information science, discusses a major glitch found in the artificial intelligence-powered transcription tool Whisper.

Scientific American

Continued coverage highlights mycelia-powered robots, developed by Rob Shepherd, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and Anand Mishra, research associate. 

BBC

Megan Epler Wood, program lead of the Sustainable Tourism Asset Management Program, says “In places like the Caribbean, they're tired of seeing people who don't care about their ecosystems – they want to just sit on the beach.”

Business Insider

“You're talking about closing a store that not only is important for a community for their prescriptions, but they can pick up other supplies at that store. If it's gone, now they're driving 20 miles or 30 miles to find another option,” says Nick Fabrizio, senior health-policy lecturer. 

Wired

Sol Gruner, emeritus professor of physics, says “They are looking into an area that, to a large degree, has not been explored.”

The Wall Street Journal

Gregory Falco, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, discusses an anti-drone device developed by four University of Toronto engineering students.

The Washington Post

Anya Stansell, small fruit extension specialist, explains why some farmers are giving up on peach and apricot trees.

Associated Press

Samantha Borisoff, climate scientist at NOAA’s Northeast Regional Climate Center, explains how La Niña is being tracked.

The Guardian

“Given warming temperatures, droughts, then intense periods of rain followed by drying … the hallmarks of climate change are all over this,” says Andrew Farnsworth, visiting scientist at the Lab of Ornithology.