In a study of pregnant teenagers, almost half engaged in pica, the craving and intentional consumption of ice, cornstarch, vacuum dust, baby powder and soap and other nonfood items.
Biology professor and bee expert Thomas Seeley's new book, "Following the Wild Bees," is a celebration of the outdoors and a practical guide to the methods and craft of hunting wild honeybees.
New research from Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, Toby Ault and Carlos Carrillo in Environmental Research Letters looks at how heat stress remains the primary climatic driver of lower future agriculture yields under climate change.
Peter DelNero, doctoral candidate in biomedical engineering, received the 2017 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award for his teaching and creation of a program connecting cancer patients to research.
The IDEA Center, the life sciences business incubator, is now the Kevin M. McGovern Family Center for Venture Development in the Life Sciences, thanks to the McGovern family's gift of $7.5 million. (Oct. 22, 2008)
A newly acquired 18th-century map of what is now New York state, showing Seneca and Cayuga villages and native footpaths in addition to natural features, offers insights into colonial life.
Chris Barrett has been named the new David J. Nolan Director of the nationally ranked Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management effective Jan. 1, 2014.
Three recent Cornell graduates have returned to the Ithaca campus to help promote student health and well-being as part of the Public Health Fellows program at Gannett Health Services.