A new Cornell University study of nearly two million shopping trips found online grocery carts tend to include less variety and fewer fruits and vegetables than those in a trip to a brick-and-mortar supermarket

A study used advanced techniques developed by the researchers to track the brain’s dopamine reward system and found – for the first time ­– this system flexibly retunes toward the most important goal when faced with multiple competing needs

ArXiv receives $10M for upgrades

Role of hippocampus in two functions of memory revealed: study in rats teases apart the role of the hippocampus in two functions of memory – one that remembers associations between time, place and what one did, and another that allows one to predict or plan future actions based on past experiences

New research found employing additional agricultural technology could result in more than 13 billion tons of net negative greenhouse gas emissions each year, as the world seeks to avoid dangerous climate extremes

Few in US recognize inequities of climate change. Just over one-third of U.S. adults believe climate change is impacting some groups more than others

Carbon dioxide – not water – triggers explosive volcanoes

Red algae proteins grafted into tobacco double plant growth

Dashcam images reveal where police are deployed

Software offers new way to listen for signals from the stars

Diversity of neurons affects memory, study finds

Happiness can’t be bought, but nor does it depend mostly on one’s mindset, according to a recent study by Cornell psychology researchers

AI-equipped eyeglasses can read silent speech

Scientists have developed a new method for recycling HDPE

Study found that our momentary perception of time is not continuous but may stretch or shrink with each heartbeat

A novel cancer therapeutic, combining antibody fragments with molecularly engineered nanoparticles, permanently eradicated gastric cancer in treated mice…

Animals adjust reactions to misinformation: fish can adjust their sensitivity to the actions of others – such as fleeing due to a false alarm – in order to reduce the risk of overreacting to misinformation, this decision-making mechanisms may be preserved in other animals…

Food coloring, anti-caking nanoparticles may affect human gut

Fewer than 40% of New Yorkers earn a living wage

When recreational cannabis is legal, codeine demand drops

Electric car sales drive toward cleaner air, less mortality

Artificial intelligence algorithm can determine non-invasively, with about 70% accuracy, if an in vitro fertilized embryo has a normal or abnormal number of chromosomes

New research shows a continually warming world is leading to extended, late-summer weeks of water stratification, which prompts oxygen deprivation in the water – provoking conditions called hypoxia (low oxygen) and anoxia (no oxygen) – and negative consequences for fish and other species

Cornell, Oxford to lead grants aimed at boosting iron nutrition

Autonomous robots to help modernize grape, wine industry

‘Young, male and aimless’: Why are men in India delaying marriage?

Wrist-mounted camera captures entire body in 3D

New study estimates of the economic value contributed by food pantries, and finds it is substantial – worth up to $1,000 annually to participating families and as much as $28 billion nationwide

Butterfly wing patterns emerge from ancient ‘junk’ DNA

Researchers describe in a paper how growing algae onshore could close a projected gap in society’s future nutritional demands while also improving environmental sustainability

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