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Women Eggplant Entrepreneurs Target Food Insecurity in Bangladesh

An initiative by the Feed the Future Insect-Resistant Eggplant Partnership (IREP) is pioneering plant nurseries as a catalytic resource for food and economic security in Bangladesh, which is in turn supporting women entrepreneurs.
8-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

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"Flying Tigers" Come to Live Cornell Bird Cams Project

A streaming camera has gone live on the Great Horned Owl named Athena. She's nested for more than a dozen years at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas. Now, everyone can see her family grow.
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International moves can pay off for venture-backed startups

Startups that moved internationally raised an average of $60 million, compared with $20 million raised by stationary companies, and they averaged 17% more investors. Their chances of a successful exit – launching an initial public offering,...
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Labor Action Tracker annual report reveals number of striking US workers rose 141% in 2023

The number of striking workers, particularly in private-sector industries, more than doubled from 2022 to 2023, according to the third Labor Action Tracker Annual Report, which presents key findings from work stoppage data.
14-Feb-2024 5:20 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Flock Together for the Great Backyard Bird Count

The 27th annual Great Backyard Bird Count is taking place February 16 through 19, 2024. Participating with friends, family, or a community group means there are more eyes to spot the birds and a deeper well of knowledge to draw from.
23-Jan-2024 8:30 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Study: Only 18% of the global land area that is needed for human well-being and biodiversity is currently protected

An international group of researchers finds that conserving about half of global land area could maintain nearly all of nature’s contributions to people and still meet biodiversity targets for tens of thousands of species.
10-Jan-2024 8:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

New open-source platform cuts costs for running AI

Cornell University researchers have released a new, open-source platform called Cascade that can run artificial intelligence models in a way that slashes expenses and energy costs while dramatically improving performance.
7-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Wasps that recognize faces cooperate more, may be smarter

A new study of paper wasps suggests social interactions may make animals smarter. The research offers behavioral evidence of an evolutionary link between the ability to recognize individuals and social cooperation.
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Climate data highlights East-West tendencies in Texas wildfires

Cornell University climate scientist Flavio Lehner notes that the Smokehouse Creek fire, like the Eastland County fires of 2022, sits geographically near a dividing line between regions of the country that are forecast to experience either more or...
29-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST

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