David J. Craig
Senior Editor
David edits the Explorations and Bulletin sections of Columbia Magazine and writes mainly about social science and the natural sciences. He received degrees from the University of Connecticut in sociology and English and has worked as a journalist for 20 years.
The Ghost Files
Can big-data analysis show what kinds of information the government is keeping classified?
Going Viral, One by One by One by One ...
Genetic-sequencing techniques may soon make it feasible for scientists to catalog all the viruses in our mammalian compatriots
Neuroscientists Discover a Major Cause of Age-Related Memory Loss
There's strong evidence that forgetfulness in old age may be reversible
Mass Extinction Pinned to Volcanism
A new study provides the best evidence yet that fiery eruptions caused a mass extinction two hundred million years ago
Charting the World's Energy Future
Former White House energy adviser Jason Bordoff leads the new Center on Global Energy Policy
Heady Collisions
What were conditions like .000000001 seconds after the Big Bang? Columbia scientists think the answer could hold a great secret of the universe
Protecting the Grid from the Bomb
Columbia engineers investigate how to avoid a cascading nuclear disaster
Cloudy, with a Chance of Flu
Columbia researchers have created the first forecasting system for influenza outbreaks
Hope for New Life in Diabetic Pancreas Cells
A new study suggests that type 2 disease progresses in a different way than previously thought
Black-Hole Hunter
An X-ray telescope whose optics were designed at Columbia is now orbiting Earth
Genetic Fusion Linked to Brain Cancer
Columbia researchers uncover the cause of the most common and deadly form of brain cancer
The Brain Trust
Columbia’s Mind, Brain, and Behavior Initiative is assembling the best thinkers in the world to study the most complex object in the known universe