Paul Houle

Landmines and violence in Colombian Amazon confine Indigenous Siona families Siona Indigenous guards in southern Colombia are raising alarm that landmines and armed groups are cutting off their families from natural resources and trapping them in small portions of their territ...

🗡️ Landmines and violence in Colombian Amazon confine Indigenous Siona families

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#colombia #latinamerica #amazon #indigenous #globalsouth #violence #crime #landmines #conflict #war

Big trees in Amazon more climate-resistant than previously believed Forest is ‘remarkably resilient to climate change’, but remains under threat from fires and deforestation

🛡️ Big trees in Amazon more climate-resistant than previously believed

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#trees #forest #amazon #brazil #climatechange #cl

If A.I. Can Diagnose Patients, What Are Doctors For? Large language models are transforming medicine—but the technology comes with side effects.

🦾 If A.I. Can Diagnose Patients, What Are Doctors For?

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#ai #medicine #health #doctors #healthcare #diagnosis #ml #knowledge #culture

Frontiers | How do drivers react to partisan bumper stickers? Understanding polarization in apolitical settings IntroductionThe impact of political polarization is no longer confined to the voting booth, and partisan identity can shape behavior even in seemingly apolit...

💢 How do drivers react to partisan bumper stickers? Understanding polarization in apolitical settings

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#science #research #behavior #socialscience #psychology #driving #identity #bumperstickers #automotive #transportation

Ball mill technique produces nanoscale scaffolds that filter PFAS PFAS are fluorinated compounds found in many everyday products, such as outdoor clothing and cookware like Teflon pans. This is because PFAS are durable, heat-resistant and dirt-repellent. Their stabi...

⛹🏻‍♀️ Ball mill technique produces nanoscale scaffolds that filter PFAS

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#pfas #materials #nanotechnology #chemistry #mechanochemistry #ballmill #environment

North Martha van North Martha Van Rensselaer Hall

#photo #photography #buildings #architecture #cornell #ithaca

Garden on the North End of Beebee lake

#photo #photography #flowers #cornell #bloomscrolling #lake #beebeelake #ithaca

A few people look tiny in the slot between Olin and Uris Libraries from the Arts Quad to Ho Plaza

#photo #photography #buildings #architecture #cornell #library #fall #ithaca

Descending down a staircase into the gallery of Milstein makes me feel like Darth Vader walking onto the set of a 1970s movie spacecraft

#photo #photography #buildings #cornell #milstein #artsandarchitecture #architecture #concrete #ithaca

Bridge Across Gallery Entering Auditorium in Milstein Hall

#photo #photography #buildings #cornell #interior #milstein #artsandarchitecture #ithaca

Meta launches Hyperscape, technology to turn real-world spaces into VR | TechCrunch Quest device owners will be able to scan a room in a few minutes, then turn it into an immersive and photorealistic world that's like a digital replica of a real-world space.

🕶️ Meta launches Hyperscape, technology to turn real-world spaces into VR

techcrunch.com/2025/09/17/m...

#vr #xr #meta #hyperscape #graphics #simulation #hci #technology

Running dry: New study warns of extreme water scarcity in the coming decades A new study published in the journal Nature Communications by researchers from the IBS Center for Climate Physics (ICCP) at Pusan National University in the Republic of Korea reveals that global warmi...

🏜️ Running dry: New study warns of extreme water scarcity in the coming decades

phys.org/news/2025-09...

#water #climatechange #environment #weather #drought #climate

The Anxiety Plaguing Male Fiction Writers A recent batch of novels attempts to speak to the disaffected male reader, for better and for worse.

💪 The Anxiety Plaguing Male Fiction Writers

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#fiction #review #culture #men #books #gym #masculinity

Angry fans storm pitch as Salford end season in defeat and face extinction Salford finished the Super League season with a 52-16 loss to Wakefield and their controversial owners at the centre of supporters’ protests

💢 Angry fans storm pitch as Salford end season in defeat and face extinction

www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...

#rugby #football #uk #sports #relegation #superleague

US soccer is in the midst of a stadium boom, each with realistic ambitions A physical home of one’s own has proven to be essential for US club soccer, both for culture and for revenue

🏟️ US soccer is in the midst of a stadium boom, each with realistic ambitions

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

#usa #soccer #football #stadium #construction #fans #business

Unusually deep Rudbeckia Field in front of the barn

#photo #photography #flowers #rudbeckia #coneflowers #caroline #bloomscrolling

Gorge in the upper part of Treman State Park

#photo #photography #landscape #statepark #treman #ithaca #outdoors #gorge #canyon

Magnolia petals on the courthouse lawn in late April

#photo #photography #ithaca #flowers #bloomscrolling #petals #magnolia #spring

Korean Students demonstrate a giant video game on the side of a truck on the arts quad

#photo #photography #cornell #students #korean #asian #games #videogames #artsquad

I'm pretty sure that Beebee lake has the best developed fall color of anywhere on campus right now

#photo #photography #cornell #fallcolor #bebeelake #fallcreek #trees #landscape #ithaca #upstateny

in their case it is something that worked commercially for them in the age when MTV still showed music videos but the members must have all had different feelings about

Left-handers rank high in fencing and table tennis Being left-handed seems to be an advantage in some sports, according to a study of athletes in world-rankings.

🤺 Left-handers rank high in fencing and table tennis

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#sports #fencing #tabletennis #lefthanded #chirality #people #skills #talent

Fred Schneider on the B-52’s Most Glorious and Innovative Music “I don’t like when people call us camp. Camp means you don’t know you’re ridiculous, and we know what we’re doing.”

🛪 Fred Schneider on the B-52’s Most Glorious and Innovative Music

www.vulture.com/article/fred...

#music #tour #b52 #b52s #1980s #culture

New Poll: Democratic Socialism Is Now Mainstream A national poll from Jacobin, DSA Fund, and Data for Progress finds broad support for democratic socialist leaders and left-wing policies.

🌹 New Poll: Democratic Socialism Is Now Mainstream

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#politics #polls #survey #socialism #democraticsocialism #politicalscience #populism #leftism

Major theories of consciousness may have been focusing on the wrong part of the brain What gives rise to human consciousness? Are some parts of the brain more important than others? Scientists began tackling these questions in more depth about 35 years ago. Researchers have made progre...

🕵️ Major theories of consciousness may have been focusing on the wrong part of the brain

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#brain #neuroscience #consciousness #psychology

🐘 MELEGROS: Monolithic Elephant-inspired Gripper with Optical Sensors

arxiv.org/abs/2509.20510

#robotics #machines #gripper #sensors #engineering #elephant #biomimetic #bionic #technology

Construction equipment was still at work near the new Martha Dodson Field at the second Field Hockey game contested there

#photo #photography #sports #cornell #fieldhockey #gobigred

The south side of the gorge looms over Six Mile Creek in the section of the Mulholland Preserve closer to the parking lot than the second dam

#photo #photography #landscape #sixmilkecreek #ithaca #gorge #outdoors #water

Bee services Aster flowers in the Mulholland Wildflower Preserve Near Six Mile Creek

#photo #photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #plants #insects #pollinators #sixmilecreek #ithaca #aster

Bicyclist in woods in Shindagin Hollow Forest

#photo #photography #bicycling #outdoors #forest #shindaginhollow #caroline