There are growing concerns over how some people, including teens and children, rely on AI chatbots for mental health support. 

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Adam Murray, a beef cattle extension specialist at Cornell University, says this plan isn’t likely to have a significant impact on domestic beef prices.

Food & Agriculture

Foreign Policy

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Under the agriculture provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill, Congress eliminated SNAP-Ed (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education), but there isn’t enough conversation about the role of SNAP-Ed in emergency response. 

Law and Policy

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Natasha Holmes is an associate professor at Cornell University focused on STEM education courses. She says she came to the U.S. because of NSF leadership in science education research which she adds has made the U.S. a global leader in this space – until now.

science

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told lawmakers this week that he wants all Americans wearing a wearable within the next four years, saying the tech is a way people can take control over their own health.

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Cornell experts, including some attending COP30, comment on the US decision not to send high-level representatives to the gathering.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

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As Florida moves to end vaccine mandates, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced questioning Thursday from a Senate committee on his vaccine stance.

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The rise of DeepSeek has stunned the artificial intelligence world, threatening America’s dominance in AI. 

Computing & Information Sciences

science

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Robert Howarth, a professor of ecology and environmental biology at Cornell University, studies the greenhouse gas footprint of methane extracted from shale formations and liquified natural gas. He comments on reports of a drafted plan coming from the EPA that will seek to repeal the 2009 declaration known as the “endangerment finding,” scientifically establishing greenhouse gases endanger human lives.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to tell the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation – a move that will likely draw criticism from scientists, dentists and public health officials who claim the U.S. Health Secretary is “anti-science”.

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