Uriel Abulof, a visiting professor in Cornell University’s Government Department and a senior lecturer of politics at Tel-Aviv University, comments on the preliminary results for Israel's elections and says that country's polarized politics are keeping it trapped in a draw.

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Donald Campbell, professor of astronomy and former director of the Arecibo Observatory, is available to speak to Arecibo's impact on scientific discovery.

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Uriel Abulof, a visiting professor at Cornell University’s Government Department and a senior lecturer of politics at Tel-Aviv University, comments on the long-awaited Middle East peace plan that Trump unveiled on Tuesday.

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Uriel Abulof says the dissolution measure proposed by Israeli lawmakers is puzzling given that Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu is simultaneously blamed by Israelis for mishandling the pandemic but also doing well in polls.

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Sarah Kreps, a surveillance systems and cybersecurity expert at Cornell University, comments on a new system designed to link national COVID-19 tracing apps across the European Union.

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On Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to rebuild the Cathedral of Notre Dame within five years, in time for the 2024 Paris Olympics. While some experts have raised doubts that timeline is feasible, Barry Strauss, professor of history at Cornell University’s College of Arts and Sciences, says that Macron’s approach mirrors that of Roman emperors who, since ancient times, have been conscious of the symbolic – and political – power of holy sites.   

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Next week, Israelis will head to the polls in a snap election, where the incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will face off against Benny Gantz, leader of the centrist Blue and White alliance. Netanyahu, who has failed to form a coalition after a narrow electoral victory in April, has mounted an aggressive campaign ahead of next week’s vote including pledging to annex additional parts of the West Bank.   Uriel Abulof, visiting professor at Cornell University’s Government Department and a senior lecturer of politics at Tel-Aviv University, says that despite Netanyahu’s unlikely chances at the polls next week, his influence as a populist may reach beyond Israel.

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Alex Hayes, co-investigator for NASA Perseverance rover's Mastcam-Z, comments on his team's work in advance of the rover's landing on Mars, and on the significance of the mission.

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As protesters in Myanmar continue to rally against the military coup that reversed last November’s election, members of the United Nations are renewing their efforts to address the crisis. Magnus Fiskesjö, says that in claiming election fraud, generals seem to have taken a cue from recent events in the U.S.

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Jonathan Lunine, an astrophysicist who studies the origin of life in exotic environments in space, comments on the discovery of the chemical compound phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus.

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