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14 min ago | Tri-cityherald.com

More gym for kids means less chance of obesity, Cornell study says

The study provides some of the first evidence of a causal effect between gym and childhood obesity.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids

4 hrs ago | WENY

Search Continues for Cornell Senior

Friends fear the worst, but continue to hope for the best in the disappearance of 22-year-old Christopher Denis.

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Related Topix: Seneca County, NY

Thu May 23, 2013

Science Daily

Stitching defects into world's thinnest semiconductor

Through beautiful images of strikingly symmetric stars and triangles hundreds of microns across, they have uncovered key insights into the optical and electronic properties of this new material, which can be either conducting or insulating to form the basic "on-off switch" for all digital electronics.

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Related Topix: Columbia University

J

Deaths

Sylvan Eisenberg was born in Brooklyn, New York, the only child of Mae Kauffman and Morris Eisenberg.

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Related Topix: Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY, New York, University of Pennsylvania, Inventions, Science / Technology, Stanford University

MSNBC

I, for one, welcome our new robotic overlords

Robots are simply more efficient than humans at certain tasks. They already excel at building cars, exploring distant planets and hunting for explosives, but it turns out that robots might also evolve much faster than their flesh-and-blood counterparts.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots, US News, Liberal Political News

US News & World Report

How the Private Sector Can Ease Memorial Day Traffic

R. Richard Geddes is an associate professor at Cornell University and a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute where Brad Wassink researches domestic policy.

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Related Topix: Opinion

Inventor Spot

Robots Evolve

For now the evolution of robots is being controlled by the hands, and the imaginations, of their designers.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots

Space.com

More Evidence That Ancient Mars Could Support Life Found by...

The pale rock in the upper center of this image, about the size of a human forearm, includes a target called "Esperance," which was inspected by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.

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Related Topix: New York, Science / Technology, Robots

Asbury Park Press

in Our Schools: Ranney grads earn accolades

Nearly three-quarters of the class of 2013 -- 50 seniors -- applied and were admitted to colleges across the country through early action/early decision.

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Related Topix: University of Pennsylvania, New York University, Family, Kids

Business Journal

Fast and cheap for cops and nurses -- New York eats it up

"This is not the place if you are dieting, looking for romantic intimacy or elitist dining." It is, however, a place for inexpensive ribs.

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Related Topix: New York, North Yorkshire County, England, World News, East Riding of Yorkshire County, England, United Kingdom, New York Government, Life, Bar-B-Q, Food

Wed May 22, 2013

US News & World Report

Where America's Top CEOs Went to School

Brian Krzanich is either having a really good month or a really bad month, depending on how career success is defined.

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Related Topix: Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Princeton University

Criminal Report Daily

NASA's Asteroid Mission a Dead-End to Mars?

An artist's impression of the NASA's Orion space capsule attached to the canceled Constellation lunar lander -- could this plan be revived? NASA's newly announced plan to capture an asteroid and re-position it around the moon for an astronaut visit sounds cool, but it's a side-show on the road to Mars, scientists and long-time space mission ... (more)

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space, NASA

MSNBC

space food researcher at Cornell University

Among the many difficulties of sending people to Mars, the question of what they will eat is not the least of them.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space

City Paper

Hyperbolic Crochet

It is rare, but not inconceivable, to encounter a tropical, underwater paradise in an art gallery in Baltimore.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Crochet, Mathematics, Science, Activism, Global Warming

Alabama Live

Despite rare, debilitating Pompe disease, Joseph Walter graduating 20th out of his Clay-Chalkville senior class

CLAY , Alabama -- The doctors told Joseph Walter's parents he likely would not live to see his second birthday, but on Thursday night they will watch as the 18-year-old graduates from Clay-Chalkville High School, 20th out a class of 296 students.

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Related Topix: Chalkville, AL, Clay, AL, Jefferson County, AL, University of Florida, Duke University

Foster's Daily Democrat

UNH logo: Why all the anger?

These three new logo designs proposed for the University of New Hampshire have prompted the formation of UNH Students Against The Change of the Thompson Hall Logo.

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Related Topix: University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire, New York University, Middlebury College, Opinion

Newswise

New DNA Profiling Technique Beefs Up Cattle Genomics

A pioneering genomics technique developed at Cornell University to improve corn can now be used to improve the quality of milk and meat, according to research published May 17 in the online journal PLOS ONE.

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Related Topix: Genetics, Medicine, Biology, Science, Agriculture

Tue May 21, 2013

The Daily Free Press

BU to offer MOOCs after joining online course platform edX

Boston University will join online course platform edX to create increased flexible learning options for students both on and off campus, according to a Tuesday press release.

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Related Topix: Boston University, Berklee College of Music, Davidson College, University of Washington, Harvard University

MLive.com

Grand Blanc High School junior receives Davis United World College scholarship

He is one of only 50 U.S. students to receive a full merit scholarship to attend one of the 13 worldwide United World College programs, according to a news release from the school district.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Stanford University, Princeton University, Columbia University, Yale University

Patch.com

Wall Super's Resignation Letter

Wall Superintendent Daniel Simon released the following letter : Just slightly over one year ago, I took a risk.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family