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New type of human jumping gene found in a poxvirus

Scientists found a human genetic element in a poxvirus that is both an important gene for brain function and a jumping gene capable of moving and inserting itself in genomes.

  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
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Field Note

Julianna Lee: From extension to education
Julianna Lee '24 joined the Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP) as an undergraduate. During her time at Cornell, she earned a bachelors of science in agricultural sciences and minored in education and Asian American studies. Read on to...
  • Dairy
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
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Jenga and the US census: way more than just counting people

A new book, “Data Are Made, Not Found,” from danah boyd, professor of communication, is an insider’s account of the 2020 census and how the pandemic and political forces from left, right and center threatened to take it down like a Jenga tower.

  • Communication
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Study reveals how echo chambers form and what prevents them

Study reveals how a few very general constraints can lead to echo chambers – self-reinforcing feedback loops – in biological systems such as birds in a flock, cells in tissue or ants in a swarm.

  • Computational Biology