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Purple bacteria could be key to finding extraterrestrial life on exoplanets

On many exoplanets, the best clue that life is present may be a purple hue. New research into some of Earth's most extreme bacteria explains why.

LiveScience

"Former Cornell Student Pleads Guilty to Posting Online Threats Against Jewish Students on Campus"

From the Justice Department Wednesday: Patrick Dai, 21, formerly a junior at Cornell University and originally from Pittsford, New York, pleaded guilty today to posting threats to kill or injure another person using interstate communications…. As part of his guilty plea, Dai admitted that, on Oct. 28 and 29, 2023,…

Reason

Cornell University Develops Sound-Based Eye And Gesture Tracking Technology

Cornell University's GazeTrak and EyeEcho technologies enable non-camera gaze and expression tracking in VR, revolutionizing immersive experiences.

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Our solar system's ocean moons may be habitable — and their icy shells could hold proof

The thicknesses of ice shells covering our solar system's ocean-bearing moons could provide hints about whether these mysterious bodies may harbor life.

Space

Raspberry Pi Pico powers digital audio looper

Alina Wang, Yaqi Gao, and Xiaoyu Liang created a Raspberry Pi Pico-powered digital audio looper for their project at Cornell University.

Tom’s Hardware

Inside the brains of "singing" fish

Midshipman fish are known to hum and sing. The parts of the brain that let them do it reflects some of our own

Salon

The US’s budget deal is a victory for Mike Johnson. But for how long?

Far-right members of the Republican caucus have opposed the bipartisan budget bill, which averted a government shutdown.

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Linda Hirshman, lawyer and author who urged educated mothers not to stay home to raise kids, dead at 79

“The real glass ceiling is at home,” Ms. Hirshman, who lived in Lincoln Park before moving East, wrote in a controversial 2005 article.

Chicago Sun-Times

Education Department opens school probes over alleged antisemitism, Islamophobia

In its announcement, the Education Department said five complaints involve alleged antisemitic harassment and two involve anti-Muslim harassment on campuses across the country.

WEKU

Detecting alien life might be easier if we hunt for 'Jurassic worlds.' Here's why

"If they're out there, this analysis lets us figure out where they could be living."

Space

Emhoff visits New York's Cornell University as he seeks to reassure Jewish community after threats

Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, has met with students and administrators at Cornell University as he offered support to the school’s Jewish community after threats of violence amid Israel’s war against Hamas

The Independent UK

Cornell student accused threatening Jewish people had mental health struggles, mother says

The mother of a Cornell University student accused of making online threats against Jewish people on campus said he had mental health struggles and later posted an apology

The Independent UK

‘Career on the line’: US students fear job backlash for protesting Israel

Pro-Palestinian students say the threat of losing future opportunities has had a silencing effect on their activism.

Al Jazeera

Cornell cancels classes after student is charged with threatening Jewish people on campus

Cornell University is canceling classes after a student was charged with making online threats against Jewish people on campus

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The Independent UK

Cornell University cancels classes over ‘extraordinary stress’ of death threats against Jewish community

Upstate New York campus to close on Friday after student was arrested over antisemetic threats

The Guardian - US

Cornell cancels classes citing ‘stress’ after antisemitic threats lead to arrest

Patrick Dai, a junior, charged with threatening to murder Jewish students and will remain in custody at least until next court appearance

The Independent UK

Cornell University student accused of posting online threats about Jewish students appears in court

A Cornell University junior accused of posting violently threatening statements against Jewish people on campus was held without bail after his first appearance in federal court

The Guardian - US

Cornell student who allegedly made antisemitic threats to appear in court

Student has been charged with threatening to kill or injure using interstate communications, and faces up to five years in prison

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The Independent UK

Cornell student accused of antisemitic murder threats appears in court

WARNING: Distressing content. Patrick Dai, a junior majoring in engineering at the university, charged in federal complaint

Reason

"Cornell Student Arrested for Making Online Threats to Jewish Students on Campus"

Federal prosecutors have announced an arrest in the Cornell threats case (see Sunday's post): Patrick Dai, age 21, a junior at Cornell University who is originally from Pittsford, New York, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with posting threats to kill or injure another using interstate…

WEKU

Cornell student arrested in connection with antisemitic threats on New York campus

The charges against 21-year-old Patrick Dai, a junior, come as tensions have risen on college campuses across the U.S. Dai hasn't yet entered a plea and is expected in federal court on Wednesday.

France 24

🔴 Live: First foreign nationals evacuated from Gaza; Israel strikes Jabalia refugee camp again

At least 355 foreign passport holders – including confirmed British, US, French, Italian and Austrian nationals – and 76 wounded Palestinians crossed on Wednesday to Egypt from Gaza, according to an Egyptian official. Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry said a second Israeli bombing raid in two days had killed and wounded…

The Guardian - US

Cornell Jewish center under guard after online threats to students

Campus police sent to university center after series of antisemitic comments were posted to online message board

The Independent UK

Cornell University on alert after violent threats to Jewish community

WARNING: Distressing content. Cornell Police have notified the FBI of a potential hate crime

The Independent UK

Cornell University sends police to Jewish center after violent, antisemitic messages posted online

Cornell University administrators have dispatched campus police to a Jewish center after threatening statements against Jewish students appeared on a discussion board

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