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Thomas Gilovich, professor of psychology, says connecting with other people greatly contributes to happiness, and the pursuit of material possessions undermines it.

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Barry Strauss, military and naval historian and a professor in humanistic studies at Cornell University, comments on the potential for a U.S. Space Force.

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Sidney Tarrow, professor emeritus of government and adjunct professor of law at Cornell University comments on the assassination of presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, which occurred 50 years ago June 5.

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Lisa Pincus, an expert in seventeenth-century Dutch art and a visiting assistant professor of art history and visual studies at Cornell University, comments on a two-week intensive study of the 1665 painting, "Girl With a Pearl Earring."

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Robert L. Harris Jr., professor emeritus of African American history at Cornell University and former director of the Africana Studies and Research Center, reflects on the death of Martin Luther King Jr. and what it meant for his own life and career.

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Riché Richardson, associate professor of African-American literature, and Robert L. Harris Jr., professor emeritus of African American history and former director of the Africana Studies and Research Center, reflect on the life and death of Martin Luther King Jr.

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Andrew Moisey, assistant professor of art history and visual studies at Cornell University explains what museums and galleries can learn from the #MeToo movement.

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Alexander Hayes is an assistant professor of astronomy at Cornell University. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft only has a few days left before its final approach to the giant planet Saturn. On Sept. 15, Cassini will dive into Saturn’s atmosphere, sending science data for as long as it can, and then melt and break apart.

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