Don Banfield, a senior research associate specializing in planetary sciences at Cornell University, comments on Martian dust storms like the one threatening NASA's Opportunity rover. He says it's important to consider the risks associated with dust storms, like the one that has silenced the Opportunity rover, when designing future missions to Mars.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Arts and Sciences

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Jonathan Lunine says the discovery of preserved organics on the Red Planet is a call for new tests directly targeting biosignatures on the Martian surface.

Arts and Sciences

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Robert Gravani, food safety expert and professor emeritus of food science at Cornell University, says that there are several steps that people can take to make summer picnics safe.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Sidney Tarrow, professor emeritus of government and adjunct professor of law at Cornell University comments on the assassination of presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, which occurred 50 years ago June 5.

Arts & Humanities

Law, Government & Public Policy

Arts and Sciences

Law School

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Bart Selman, professor of computer science at Cornell University and director of the Intelligent Information Systems Institute comments on a White House summit dedicated to the future of artificial intelligence.

Computing & Information Sciences

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Computing & Information Sciences

Engineering

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Cornell University government professor and South East Asia politics expert Thomas Pepinsky comments on the upcoming general elections in Malaysia

International

Arts and Sciences

Law and Policy

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Sara Childs-Sanford, chief of service at Cornell University's Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Health Center, explains what you should do – and not do – if you find a baby animal in your yard or neighborhood.

Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

Veterinary Medicine

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Arthur Wheaton, professor of labor at Cornell University and an expert on the automotive sector, comments on the advantages of 3D printing for car manufacturers.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Industrial and Labor Relations

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Don Banfield, a senior research associate specializing in planetary sciences at Cornell University and member of the science team for NASA’s InSight Mars lander, comments on InSight's mission on the red planet.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

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The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on an Upstate New York dairy farm last week resulted in the arrest of an undocumented farmworker and has raised questions about the legitimacy of such federal actions. Mary Jo Dudley, Director of the Cornell University Farmworker Program and a faculty member in the Department of Development Sociology, says that immigration policies need to change both to protect the rights of farmworkers and to support the struggling dairy industry.

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