Amanda Rodewald, senior director of the Center for Avian Population Studies at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, says a change in enforcement of the Endangered Species Act follows similar patterns by the Trump Administration of weakening laws protecting animals.

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Ayham Boucher, executive director of AI Strategy and Innovation at Cornell University, explains why the same people behind the AI boom are now calling for its potential slowdown.

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Allen Carlson, an associate professor of government and an expert on Chinese foreign policy, says the United States enters next week's meeting with less leverage than it had earlier this year.

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Allen Carlson, an associate professor of government and an expert on Chinese foreign policy, says the summit highlights how the balance of global power has changed over the past two decades.

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The United Nations released a new report warning the world will miss its climate target of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial times and calling for ways to limit the resulting “overshoot.”

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Cornell University experts comment on how this year's weather will impact fall colors.

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Christine Leuenberger, senior lecturer in science and technology studies, and Raymond Craib, professor of history, are experts on the politics of maps and geographic names, or toponyms.

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Andrew Farnsworth is a migration ecologist and visiting scientist at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. He has studied migrating birds at the Tribute in Light since 2002 and co-authored research documenting the effects of the memorial’s bright artificial light on bird behavior, including how quickly birds can resume their journeys when the lights are temporarily turned off.

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Several U.S. states now bar registered voters from using student IDs to verify their identity at the polls. As younger generations place less emphasis on getting a driver’s license, those restrictions could become a major obstacle to voting for this key demographic, according Cornell University professor Neil Lewis, Jr.

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As bird flu numbers rise rapidly in Australia and New Zealand, there are concerns of mass mortality among birds and mammals. Amandine Gamble comments on the impacts.

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