Filoplumes may be tiny, but these hairlike feathers enable nonstop flights that span thousands of miles.
Category: Cornell University
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A Decade-Long Search for a Battery That Can End the Gasoline Era
Can a small Massachusetts start-up perfect a battery that would make electric vehicles cheaper and more convenient than conventional cars?
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Harvard’s War With Trump Forces Question of How Endowments Should Be Spent
The Trump administration’s war on elite universities has forced them to consider whether it’s ever worth dipping into the trust.
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Why There Are at Least 50 People Behind Blue Hill at Stone Barns’s Potato Pizza
It’s more than you think. (Especially if you include the cheese makers.)
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How to Garden in an Unfamiliar Climate
There are some important things to know about dealing with stressed plants. For starters, don’t prune them — and don’t fertilize, either.
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Law Firms Warn Universities About Antisemitism on Campus
Two dozen major Wall Street firms sent a letter to top law schools to crack down on discrimination and harassment amid an escalation in incidents targeting Jewish students.
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Florence Berger, Who Helped People Find Enduring Love, Dies at 83
The first woman to become a tenured professor at Cornell’s hotel administration school, she found a second calling as a successful matchmaker.