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Precious samples from Mars have been collected. Now it’s up to Congress to get them back.

3/18/2024 by : Jonathan Lunine , CNN

Clues about our planet’s ability to support life might come from Mars – yet political storms that have hit Washington, DC, threaten to leave valuable samples stranded on Mars.

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Opinion: What Oprah gets right about diet culture

1/17/2024 by : Adrienne Rose Bitar , CNN

Some Americans felt betrayed when Oprah Winfrey recently revealed that she had taken weight-loss medication, writes Adrienne Bitar, lecturer in the American Studies Program, in a CNN op-ed.

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Opinion: Putin knows that controlling history is the key to total power

4/4/2022 by : Cristina Florea , CNN

Cristina Florea, assistant professor of history writes that Russia’s assault on Ukraine could severely damage the historical record of iconic physical structures, archives and documents.

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Could alien astronomers have spotted Earth?

6/24/2021 by : Lisa Kaltenegger , CNN

In an op-ed on CNN, Lisa Kaltenegger explains how she and other astronomers look for life beyond Earth – and how technologically advanced extraterrestrials might look for us.

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Why don't all cities with high rates of crime get the same Trump treatment?

7/29/2020

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Anthropologist: Why Trump's threat is unthinkable

1/7/2020 by : Seema Golestaneh , CNN

Seema Golestaneh, assistant professor of Near Eastern Studies in the College of Arts & Sciences, reacts in a CNN opinion article to President Trump's theats, issued on Twitter this week, to attack sites important to "Iranian culture."

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In the war against misinformation, fact-checking works. Big Tech needs to do more of it

5/28/2019 by : Melissa Ferguson , CNN

The research of psychology professor Melissa Ferguson, also senior associate dean of social sciences in the College of Arts & Sciences, is featured in this opinion piece on CNN with co-author Jeremy Cone, assistant professor of psychology at Williams College. The piece focuses on the role of tech companies in the spread of fake news and misinformation.

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Mars is suddenly more interesting

6/9/2018 by : Jonathan Lunine , CNN

Jonathan Lunine, the David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences and director of Cornell’s Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, discusses recent discoveries on Mars in this CNN Online story.

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Why ISIS wants to erase Palmyra's history

8/31/2015 by : Sturt Manning , CNN

Sturt Manning, professor of Classics, writes in this piece for CNN about efforts to erase the rich history of Palmyra.