“It is possible that, given enough time, Judge Chutkan could find that some of Trump’s acts are unofficial and thus fall outside the presumption of immunity,” says Michael Dorf, a constitutional law professor. “However, there is not nearly enough time for that to happen before the election.”

Research from Cornell SC Johnson College professor Emily Garbinsky and dean of faculty and research Suzanne Shu shows that people avoid talking about money with their partner in order to avert an argument.

“We are starting to see and will continue to see shifts in the range” of West Nile virus, says Laura Harrington, professor of entomology, “and shifts in some of the avian hosts that are most important.” 

“Voters may decide they are going to vote for Trump but they know how unstable he can be, so they will vote for a Democrat to check him,” says former Rep. Steve Israel, director of the Cornell University Institute of Politics and Global Affairs.

"The new excavations give us a sense of how much still remains to be found," says Caitlín Barrett, archaeologist and co-director of Cornell University's Casa della Regina Carolina (CRC) Project at Pompeii.

Charles Eldermire, the leader of the Bird Cams project at the Lab of Ornithology, says authenticity is part of the appeal of nest cameras in this piece about an osprey in Montana.

Fengqi You, professor of energy systems engineering, talks about new research from Cornell showing which countries had the highest exposure to microplastics through different methods of ingestion.

Gustavo A. Flores-Macías, professor of government and public policy, talks about how the attempted coup reflects widespread discontentment in the country.

Nicholas Klein, assistant professor of city and regional planning, says that those who can’t afford to drive take the subway out of economic necessity but some New Yorkers identify with the transit system.

Kevin McGowan, extension associate at the Lab of Ornithology, explains why some woodpeckers hammer on metal.

Courtney Murdock, associate professor of entomology, explains why pregnancy triples the chances of being infected with severe malaria.

Nathaniel Hupert, associate professor of population health sciences and of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, says “It turns out that, unlike earthquakes, which typically are not associated directly with increases in malaria, landslides that occur in countries that have high malaria rates seem to be associated with big outbreaks of malaria.”