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Scientific instruments are getting unpacked, assembled and prepped for the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope's first observations. Here's an update on instrument installation and a list of the telescope's first missions:
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ALT the Fred Young Submillieter Telescope, a boxy white structure on dry ground with a vivid blue sky in the background
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“Language, Memory, Future:” Smoke dancers, American Sign Language poetry and explorations of endangered languages will highlight a series of events, beginning Thursday, that celebrate the importance of language throughout U.S. history. @CornellCAS news.cornell.edu/stories/202…
As mathematicians work through challenges related to AI, Cornell math faculty members are leading the field, winning grants to build mathematical tools for AI safety and to develop tools for math researchers facing a "new reality" of AI influence.
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As mathematicians work through challenges related to artificial intelligence, @CornellCAS math faculty members are leading the field, with work integrating AI into math and mathematics into AI. news.cornell.edu/stories/202…
“Little things can have a large impact."
Inspired by termites, fireflies & other instances in nature, @CornellPhysics researchers have made robots that for the first time can sense the temperature of their surroundings and react together to change it.
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ALT Gold folded objects, arranged in rows of 6, against a baby blue background
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Remembering Barbara Finlay, the W.R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Psychology Emerita at @CornellCAS. An award-winning scholar who challenged traditional thinking regarding psychology and brain function, Finlay died Sept. 12, at age 75. news.cornell.edu/stories/202…
Tech utopian initiatives “have big aspirations," @Cornellhistory professor Raymond Craib says in @nytimes : "They have extrapolated out of their crypto world that they can now create some kind of new country.…Thus far these haven’t gone particularly well”
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Why should we care whether humans still understand mathematics if AI can solve the problems for us? Fair question. But we can say this at least: Historically, understanding has been a route to predictive power — with enormous benefits for our lives.
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Night transformed: In her new book, “Transforming Night: The History and Science of Light Pollution,” science historian Sara B. Pritchard of @CornellCAS describes a massive spike in artificial light in the 21st century, and actions that are necessary. news.cornell.edu/stories/202…
History teaches us that maps have political consequences, @STSCornell scholar Christine Leuenberger writes in an opinion article for @MSNOWNews: "Maps may appear to be objective and unbiased representations, but they are inevitably, inherently selective."
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AI is effective in shifting a voter's opinion about presidential candidates or proposed policy, according to research by @CornellPsychDpt faculty members @DG_Rand and @GordPennycook – quoted in @USATODAY reporting on chatbot involvement in the midterms
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There's a gap between the power and deep pockets of tech companies and the amount they're reinvesting in the communities where they're planting their AI flag, @cornellgov professor @sekreps says in @business coverage of Meta's AI aspirations.
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Worldbuilding—when a science fiction author creates a world different from the reality the reader inhabits—has been co-opted in today’s charged political climates, Cornell comp lit scholar Anindita Banerjee argues as co-editor of REACTIONARY WORLDBUILDING.
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Using a new technique – essentially a microscopic electron spray painter – @CornellPhysics researchers found a unique characteristic of iron selenide: its superconducting “dome” is closely linked to resistance caused by imperfections in its crystal
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In his new book, “Cast Out: A Call for a Forgiving Society in an Age of Incarceration,” Joseph Margulies from @CornellCAS explores compassion and empathy, and the idea that “there is no them, there is only us.” @cornellgov @BeaconPressBks news.cornell.edu/stories/202…
Yuqing Wu, @CornellPhysics PhD student, was the unifying force behind the team of Cornell grad students that won the @TompkinsHistory Treasure Hunt. They completed the competition in 32 hours and used an algorithm to fairly split the $10,000 prize.
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In his new book, “The Photographic World Picture: A New Prehistory of Photography,” associate professor Andrew Moisey of @CornellCAS describes how key aspects of photography’s “mechanical subjectivity” were present in early modern painting. @yalepress news.cornell.edu/stories/202…
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Julieta Caunedo will be discussing what we know and what we don't know about mechanisation in developing countries and why it matters for policy
📢 Our new VoxDevLit on Agricultural Policies for Growth is out now!
In this VoxDevLit, Senior Editors Tasso Adamopoulos (@YorkUniversity) & @DiegoRestuccia (@econuoft) review agricultural policies for growth.
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Pianist Daniel Anastasio ’11, A&S music and philosophy alum, is on a mission to make classical music welcoming. Through social media videos and live performances he breaks down classical music for new and casual listeners.
Featured on @WeCornellians
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"If BRICS is a meeting of equals, China is the most equal," @cornellgov prof Allen Carlson says in @Reuters coverage of the summit. "Whatever is built from these proposals, it is hard to imagine the infrastructure coming from anywhere other than Beijing."
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