Prof. Greg Graffin, the frontman and vocalist of acclaimed punk band Bad Religion which has been active for over 30 years and has released 15 studio albums, teaches an evolution course for non-majors at Cornell.
From your roomate’s goldfish to the trout in Cayuga Lake; for Prof. Amy McCune, ecology and evolutionary biology, these ordinary specimens provide a glimpse at a world of great diversity.
The science section received this unabridged letter on Wednesday, May 5 from Prof. Randy Wayne, plant biology, in response to the May 5 science article, entitled "Scientists Debate Free Will."
The famous theorists of philosophy spent centuries examining the realities and constraints of human free will. But as scientific research continues to explore the subject through evolution and genetics, new knowledge challenges these traditional views of human free will.
Recent Cornell research found that rattlesnakes, usually feared for their poisonous bites, can indicate negative influences of human activities on the environment.
Prof. Karl Niklas, plant biology, demonstrated his interest in solving puzzles through mathematics at the age of seven, calculating the surface area of the ceramic floor in his mother's kitchen. He discovered his passion for botany in his senior year as an undergraduate, and now, he pursues his passion to solve puzzles from the ancient world of plants.
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