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The New York Times

“This is more than an isolated incident — it’s a glimpse into the character of future conflict, where war won’t be confined to neatly drawn front lines,” said James Patton Rogers, a drone warfare expert at the Brooks School. 

The Washington Post

Despite Truth Social’s smaller following, the platform plays an important role as a feeder for pro-Trump talking points to MAGA influencers, said Claire Wardle, associate professor of communication.

NPR

Jon Parmenter, associate professor of history, was a guest on this podcast episode.

New Yorker

Opinion piece written by Dhruv Khullar of Weill Cornell Medicine.

The Independent

“We clap all the time but we haven’t thought deeply about it. That’s the point of the study. To explain the world with deeper knowledge and understanding,” says study co-author Yicong Fu, graduate student.

Pro Publica

Jason Judd, executive director of the Global Labor Institute, says “A lot of brands have been signing letters for years as a substitute for real pressure, real change. And one message, the purchase order, has a lot more weight than the other. Until those are credibly threatened, the government has no reason to act.”

Associated Press

“Higher global mean temperatures may sound abstract, but it translates in real life to a higher chance of extreme weather: stronger hurricanes, stronger precipitation, droughts. So higher global mean temperatures translates to more lives lost,” says Natalie Mahowald, professor of atmospheric science.

Fortune

Coverage of research out of Cornell, which found that there may be a shared structure behind how large language models learn and represent knowledge.

Newsweek

Jamila Michener, associate professor of government and public policy, says that Medicaid beneficiaries face “a significant amount of administrative burden.”

The Atlantic

Sallie Permar, chair of pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine, explains how viruses change over time.  

Axios

Manoj Thomas, professor of marketing and management, says “Our results suggest that the brain representations that are activated when you process stars are completely different from the brain representations that are activated when you process Arabic numerals.”

Christian Science Monitor

Art Wheaton, senior extension associate at the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, explains why tariffs aren’t a simple fix for economic development.