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 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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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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Dr. Casey Means, a Stanford-trained physician and wellness influencer associated with the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, has been nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as U.S. Surgeon General. The nomination of Dr. Casey Means is the latest example of the administration’s disregard for scientific expertise and evidence-based policy, say two Cornell University experts.

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

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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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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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OpenAI is expected to reveal the next generation of ChatGPT, titled GPT-5, on Thursday. 

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Sheila Olmstead, Talbot Andrews, and Art Wheaton comment on steps to roll back environmental regulations at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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President Donald Trump delivered his sharpest rebuke yet of the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act in his joint address to Congress, telling lawmakers to “get rid” of the law.

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Uriel Abulof, a visiting professor in Cornell University’s government department and a professor of politics at Tel-Aviv University, published a case study in the journal Politics and Policy:  Nuclear Diversion Theory and Legitimacy Crisis: The Case of Iran

Foreign Policy

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