Jose Andres is a Faculty Fellow at the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability who studies ecological and conservation genomics/environmental DNA.  He comments on the Trump administration's team-up with Colossal Biosciences, a private company, to preserve cells, tissue and DNA from threatened and endangered species. 

Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

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Cornell University climate scientist Flavio Lehner and professor of practice in public and ecosystem health  Alistair Hayden talk about the extreme heat hitting large swaths of the United States.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Anthropic is working to resolve a dispute with the U.S. government after officials imposed export controls on its newest Mythos 5 and Fable 5 artificial intelligence models. The company shut off access to everyone on Friday in order to comply.

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Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, there’s been more of a spotlight on the availability of affordable, highly effective birth control for women. However, more and more women had been asking about nonhormonal birth control options – due to side effects and misinformation online.

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Allen Carlson, an associate professor of government and an expert on Chinese foreign policy, says the flurry of diplomacy reflects Beijing’s effort to project strength amid mounting domestic pressures.

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Allen Carlson, an associate professor of government and an expert on Chinese foreign policy, says the comment cuts to the core of the U.S.-China relationship.

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According to new reports, the Trump administration is reviewing proposals to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), one of the world’s leading climate and weather laboratories. The National Science Foundation had asked for feedback about how to “restructure” the lab but not said when a decision would be made.

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Major League Baseball is rolling out an artificial intelligence-augmented camera system this season that will provide a second opinion for players to tap if they think an umpire whiffed.

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Microsoft is reportedly scaling back access to some advanced AI coding tools and Uber has burned through its annual AI coding-tools budget in just four months. This highlights a growing challenge for companies – AI is not cheap labor.

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John Tobin-de la Puente is a professor of practice at Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business, and a former managing director and global head of sustainability at Credit Suisse. He says he doesn’t expect companies to make long-term plans based on the Trump administration’s actions.

science

Economics and Business

Law, Government & Public Policy

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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