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The Wall Street Journal

“There is no neat, tidy explanation” for the early-pay disparities, said Francine Blau, a Cornell University labor economist.

CNN

Research scientist Tommy Urban and a team of archaeologists have discovered 88 fossilized human footprints in Utah, likely dating back 12,000 years.

Bloomberg

“Simply lifting bans on multifamily housing may not actually create more housing options,” says Sara Bronin, professor of city & regional planning and adjunct professor of law. “These zoning requirements kill housing by a thousand cuts.” 

The New York Times

Tommy Urban, visiting scholar in classics, discusses his and his colleagues’ recent discovery of a set of 12,000-year-old prints in the military’s Utah Test and Training Range. 

The Hill

“In the end, one would hope that the Speaker has made her point and will be restrained in speaking directly about independence while in Taiwan … while China w

The Washington Post

“We’re talking about children at a very young age that will have changes for the rest of their lives, so this is permanently scarring their potential,” says Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, associate professor of applied economics and policy and a study co-author.  

Associated Press

Robert Howarth, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, says that the amount of methane emissions from leaking wells isn’t well known and that it’s not a major source of emissions when compared with emissions from the oil and gas industry, but he notes “it’s adding something very clearly, and we shouldn’t be allowing it to happen.” 

USA Today

"Probably in the wild, the dog would kill the rabbit, it would eat the rabbit. It might also eat what's in the rabbit's intestines, which is grass," says Katherine Houpt, professor emeritus in behavior medicine. “Their official diets are not getting that, so there may be some natural tendency to eat grass." 

Reuters

 

“If you need a booster, get it now,” says John Moore, professor of microbiology and immunology at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Marketplace

“You’re seeing [spikes in labor shortages] in the airline industry, for people not having enough pilots,” says Art Wheaton, director of labor studies at the ILR School. “You’re seeing it with teachers.”

National Geographic

"As long as we're close to the boiling point of water, or slightly below... that's going to be usable for heating homes for sure — and buildings, says Jeff Tester, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering.

NBC

“The most interesting thing about this research are the connections from the nose up to the occipital lobe, which houses the visual cortex,” says Philippa Johnson, assistant professor of diagnostic imaging and senior author of the study.