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Cornell University receives $80 million grant
By Lorne Fultonberg
October 28, 2010 - 6:30pm
Class of '60 alum makes largest donation in school's history.

Four weeks after Syracuse University received a $20 million grant to build its scholarship program, Cornell University in Ithaca is getting a monumental donation of its own.  And this one is four times as much.

Scientist find oil on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico
By Jack Keenan
October 25, 2010 - 11:12am
Federal Officials said the majority of the oil on the bottom of the Gulf had disappeared, but recent discoveries show this to be untrue.

Scientist aboard two research vessels studying the impact of the oil spill on sea life in the Gulf of Mexico found "considerable evidence" of oil on the seafloor of the Gulf, according to USA Today. The sample of evidence the researchers pulled out of the sea still need to be tested in order to make sure they did come from the spewing oil well. However, the amount of oil in the samples and the proximity to the well site make it "highly likely" that the oil came from the spill site.

How much do Americans know about religion?
By Brenda Leung
September 29, 2010 - 12:23pm
America is a nation of religions. But, how much do Americans really know about them? Not a lot.

The Independent Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life conducted a survey on Americans’ religious knowledge. However, not many of them could answer questions, even of their own religion correctly.

Researchers called 3,400 Americans and asked each person 32 questions about different kinds of religion, mostly in the format of multiple choices. Averagely, people were only able to answer half out of all the questions right.

And, who knows the most?

A glowing discovery
By Carren Jao
June 28, 2010 - 11:17pm
Using glow-in-the-dark sperm, Syracuse University researchers discover the combative nature among sperm cells.

Research at Syracuse University has shed light — literally — on the battle among sperm cells from the time of insemination to fertilization.

In an article published in April's Science magazine, an international weekly science journal, SU biology professors John Belote and Scott Pitnick and research associate Mollie Manier show that war is constantly brewing among sperm cells by using glow-in-the-dark sperm inseminated in female fruit flies.