Texas generally receives more rainfall in the summer, the warmest part of the year, and it is dry but cold in winter and spring. "In other words, key factors for fires do not line up perfectly: it's cold when it's dry but wet when it's warm," says Flavio Lehner, assistant professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Except, for this year.

Chiti Parikh, assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, says “My advice is to use the herb for a limited time and then check in again.”

“Eclipses aren’t common but they’re not rare and we humans can plan for them. But for short-lived animals that may not be tracking astronomy with math, it’s pretty unexpected,” says Andrew Farnsworth, senior associate researcher at the Lab of Ornithology.

Ben Nassi, researcher at Cornell Tech, explains the potential of AI worms “It basically means that now you have the ability to conduct or to perform a new kind of cyberattack that hasn't been seen before.”

Flavio Lehner, assistant professor of Earth and atmospheric sciences, explains the possible causes of the Smokehouse Creek Fire, “It's warmer than it has been in the past, and that makes the vegetation drier, you add in the lack of rainfall, and that makes the conditions right for fire.”

“Hotels are struggling with shrinking margins. They have fewer levers than airlines,” says Steve Carvell, professor at the Nolan School.

“There’s all this evidence suggesting women, especially in leadership roles, know that they’re going to face backlash if they’re perceived as less cooperative,” says Kristina Rennekamp, professor of accounting.

James Grimmelmann, professor of digital and information law, notes that Supreme Court justices “unpersuaded by the Internet companies’ broad arguments that almost everything they do is protected by the First Amendment.”

Cathy Creighton, director of the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, says “Corporate America is going full bore after the labor movement and that’s what they’re trying to do is to really annihilate them on every level that they can, including these legal maneuvers.”

Randy Worobo, professor of food science, explains the benefits of using ethylene gas absorbers to keep fruits and vegetables fresh for longer periods.

Christopher Clark, professor and senior scientist in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior emeritus, discusses the results of a new study that explains how whales use their vocal cords.

Art DeGaetano, professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, discusses the impact of climate change on animal sanctuaries.