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The New York Times

“There isn’t a pre-existing model for organizing these workers — they are creating something new,” says Louis Hyman, an associate professor of labor relations, law and history at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, who argues that existing labor and unionization laws have long been insufficient. 

Forbes

NASA’s first 24 hour Mars weather station has detected an unexplained, low-frequency infrasound. The infrasound was detected some 72 hours ago as it swept past a suite of detectors atop the InSight Mission lander, Cornell University planetary scientist Don Banfield says. 

Wired

“Getting money for shark genomics is really difficult,” says Michael Stanhope, an evolutionary biologist at Cornell University, who co-led the genome-mapping project. “Sharks have some fascinating biology going on that really warranted more investigation.”

CNBC

"People talk about food assistance programs as if they were created to help poor people out," says Andrew Novakovic, professor of agricultural economics at Cornell University. "Yes that's true, but almost all of the major food assistance programs were ideas that came from agriculture because we had too much of something."

National Geographic

Lisa Kaltenegger, who directs the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University, has published the spectral characteristics of 137 microorganisms, including ones in extreme Earth environments that, on another planet, might be the norm. “For the first time, we’ll be able to collect enough light,” says Kaltenegger. “We’ll be able to figure things out.”

Today Show

Susan Brown, professor of agriculture at CALS, explains that the decayed flesh of some apples seeps out after it's encased in ice, leaving hollowed-out casings of fruit that was never harvested.

The Washington Post

Cornell economist Francine Blau says the new analysis was consistent with her own work. “The gender pay gap declined much more slowly at the top of the wage distribution than at the middle or bottom and, by 2010, was noticeably higher at the top,”Blau says.

BBC

Maulik Jagnani, a PhD student at Dyson who studies economics, argues that a single time zone leads to a decline in quality of sleep, especially of poor children. This, he says, ends up reducing the quality of their education.

The Wall Street Journal

“School districts and cities have been cutting back and cutting back and cutting back on putting money into the school system, and it’s reached a point where teachers just can’t do this anymore,” says Ileen DeVault, a labor historian at Cornell University.

Forbes

"It's been known for quite a long time that male mosquitoes are drawn to the sound of the female's beating wings," says Ron Hoy, a neurobiologist at Cornell University and senior author of the study.

Associated Press

Natalie Mahowald, a professor for the College of Engineering who was not involved in the study, says the forecast is consistent with what researchers know about warming and natural variability.

Wired

“It’s astounding to me that a company of this size can be run with the same accounting procedures of Joe’s Fish ‘n Chips, with a single person in charge and no accountability,” says Emin Gun Sirer, a blockchain adviser and professor of computer science at Cornell University. “That’s far from the norm. It’s not a good look for our industry.”