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Quartz

The internet is overflowing with how-to guides on how to imitate their successes by becoming a full-time Instagrammer, blogger, and fashion guru. But you have probably never heard of the women featured in (not) getting paid to do what you love, a book by Cornell researcher Brooke Erin Duffy that examines the myth that working hard on a personal brand will pay off in the long run.

Bloomberg Businessweek

Doug Antczak, a veterinary scientist, is quoted in this story about horse clones being used in polo races, which could include the next Olympics.

Scientific American

Researchers at Cornell University constructed parts of the “Sprites,” 4-gram flake of circuit-board just 3.5 centimeters on a side, packing solar panels, computers, sensors and communication. Sprites will be crucial component in the Breakthrough Starshot, a $100 million initiative aiming to send robotic missions to nearby stars by the mid-21st century.

New Scientist

The ability of animals to identify individuals by their faces is important in social species. “Faces are really the ‘business’ end of an animal, where its eyes and teeth are, so it makes sense that animals in general would be interested in faces,” says CALS professor Michael Sheehan.

Vanity Fair

Josh Chafetz, a constitutional law professor at Cornell Law School, told Vanity Fair that in cases of impeachment “Sometimes the least important questions here are the ones about legality and the most important questions about the political dynamics.”

WNBC

Mosquitoes in some parts of the tri-state have tested positive for the West Nile virus. Integrated pest management expert Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann explains how you can protect yourself, your property and your family.

WNYC

The comeback of the American bald eagle is a success story across the Great Lakes region, and keeping them safe is a high priority for many environmental professionals. But one serious threat to the great raptor is lead poisoning. Wildlife disease ecologist Krysten Schuler has been collaborating with environmental leaders to generate more data on lead-related eagle deaths.

Bloomberg

The Ford Focus is poised to be the top car exported to the U.S. from China. With “such a big nameplate coming from China,” there could still be presidential pushback on Hackett’s first major strategic decision, said Cornell University labor professor Art Wheaton.

Fortune

“The long-term impact of President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord will wash over everything from agriculture to economics to housing,” says Mike Hoffman, the executive director of the Cornell Institute for Climate Smart Solutions, in this op-ed.

International Business Times

Solar Probe Plus is likely to be launched in 2018 and the resulting data will improve forecasts of major space weather events that impact life on Earth. Cornell physical sciences professor Jonathan Lunine says the mission will “give us unprecedented information on the kinds of environments these planets experience.”

The New York Times

“Calling Thunder” is an aural bridge across four centuries that explores sounds of 17th-century natural life in Manhattan. The project is a collaboration of Bill McQuay, a former sound engineer with NPR who is now an audio producer with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and David Al-Ibrahim, an interactive storyteller and graduate student at the School of Visual Arts. Their work was inspired by the work of Eric Sanderson, an ecologist with the Wildlife Conservation Society.

Reuters

Dutch centre-right Prime Minister Mark Rutte scored a resounding victory over anti-Islam and anti-EU Geert Wilders in an election on Wednesday. Mabel Berezin, professor of sociology at Cornell University, said defeat for Wilders, who has been in parliament for nearly two decades, should not be considered a sign that European populism is waning.