Mark Lynas, a visiting fellow at the Cornell Alliance for Science and author of “Nuclear 2.0: Why a Green Future Needs Nuclear Power,” comments on California's vote to keep open the state's last remaining nuclear plant.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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The newly released Astro2020 decadal survey has ranked the projects the astronomer community wants to prioritize for the next 10 years. The 614-page NASA-sponsored report highlights the search for extraterrestrial life, as well as stressing the need for greater diversity among astronomy’s ranks.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

science

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New legislation in the United Kingdom will ban people from receiving money or free goods for writing positive reviews. 

science

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Max Zhang, a professor of engineering at Cornell University, says we’ve seen wildfire smoke pollution in New York before, but the exposure this June could point to future concerns.

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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In less than two weeks, Americans will head to the polls for the midterm elections. The following Cornell University experts are available to discuss topics from the state of democracy to inflation and public opinion.

Law, Government & Public Policy

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Arthur DeGaetano says that fall foliage displays will still be a part of fall in the Northeast, although dry conditions may affect how long the colors last.

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Gregory Peck says although some orchards saw significant damage from a late spring frost, other orchards were minimally impacted.

Food & Agriculture

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Brian Rahm, director of the New York State Water Resources Institute and senior research associate with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, comments on the scrapping of a Trump administration rule that limited federal protections for streams, marshes and wetlands.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Food & Agriculture

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Americans should be able to pick up free, non-surgical N95 face masks at distribution sites nationwide starting Monday, January 24th.

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

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States are trying to find ways to keep child-care centers afloat after billions in pandemic-era funding is set to run out this month, prompting worries that facility closures could impact workforce participation and limit children’s access to early education. Justine Modica, an expert on the history of childcare labor in America, and Cathy Creighton, co-author of a 2022 report on New York State’s child care industry, are available for interviews.

Law, Government & Public Policy

Labor Relations & Human Resources

Industrial and Labor Relations

Arts and Sciences

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