Research Matters
The Research Matters podcast features candid conversations with Cornell University researchers who are tackling some of society’s most urgent challenges and finding solutions that make a difference. Hear from experts who are not just studying the world, but changing it, turning data into discoveries, and ideas into impact. Produced by Cornell University Relations. Read more at news.cornell.edu.
Research Matters
Latest Episodes
How does that manure get in our water? - Research Matters S2E5
That green scum on the lake in August? There's a real chance it started on a farm. Kirsten Workman, Cornell's Nutrient Management and Environmental Sustainability Specialist, joins Research Matters to explain how manure — a valuable nutrient pa...
Who will take care of us when we're old? - Research Matters S2E4
America is aging faster than its systems are prepared for. In this two-guest conversation, Jenna Wells and Adriana Reyes bring their research to bear on the realities of eldercare today: who provides it, who pays for it, and what happens when b...
What if buildings were made to be remade? - Research Matters S2E3
What if the building coming down next door could become the one going up down the street? Felix Heisel joins Research Matters to explain circular construction — the practice of designing buildings to be disassembled, reused and reborn instead o...
Who gets to decide where free speech ends? - Research Matters S2E2
Free speech feels simple until you're the one drawing the lines. In this episode of Research Matters, Cornell's Gautam Hans unpacks the messy, high-stakes reality of civil liberties in America today, from campus speech fights to the digital pla...
Why don't we do the things we know we should? - Research Matters S2E1
Why do smart, capable people still blow off health screenings, hoard a bottle of wine "for a special occasion" and keep a box of college notebooks they'll never open again? Cornell behavioral economist Suzanne Shu — a former electrical engineer...
