The Cornell Chronicle is reporting that "healthy" labeling on packaged food can conceal what shoppers are actually buying, and that consumers looking for nutritious foods should not believe everything they read on a package.
It said researchers have documented the first molecular characterization of Marfan syndrome in domestic cats. The Chronicle said the rare disorder weakens connective tissues.
The Chronicle also reported on a new book, "Data Are Made, Not Found," described as an insider's account of the 2020 U.S. census and how the pandemic and political forces threatened to take it down.
In other coverage, the Chronicle said scientists found a human genetic element in a poxvirus that is important for brain function and capable of moving and inserting itself in genomes.
It said an Arts Unplugged event will feature performances of key public speeches from antiquity to modernity on enduring questions of democratic life.
The Chronicle also noted that Abigail Snyder of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences says mold grows in tiny filaments called hyphae that can penetrate beyond a visible spot on bread, and that Stephen Yale-Loehr of the Law School says the State Department is dragging its feet to circumvent a court order on an immigrant visa program.