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20 Years of Modeling the Brain
Larry Abbott, Ken Miller, and Daphna Shohamy at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute
Health & Medicine

20 Years of Modeling the Brain

At Columbia’s Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, scientists have spent the past two decades using computational models to predict neural behavior

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Why Depression Rates Are Higher Among Liberals
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Why Depression Rates Are Higher Among Liberals

Columbia researchers look at the politics of despair

Clearing the Path to Parenthood
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Clearing the Path to Parenthood

Physicians are racing to find new treatments for infertility and recurrent miscarriages. But how far can they push the biology of reproduction?

How a Cocaine-Addicted Surgeon Changed Medicine Forever
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How a Cocaine-Addicted Surgeon Changed Medicine Forever

How William Stewart Halsted became the father of modern surgery.

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New Smart Helmet Could Spot Concussions in Real Time
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New Smart Helmet Could Spot Concussions in Real Time

Columbia researchers are developing what would be the first wearable diagnostic device for traumatic brain injury

The Science of Healthy Aging
Linda P. Fried
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The Science of Healthy Aging

Gerontologist Linda P. Fried shares the secrets to living a longer, healthier, and happier life

Landscaping to Save Lives
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Landscaping to Save Lives

Columbia researchers have discovered a surprisingly simple way to reduce urban gun violence

A Career in Caring
Ron Gold
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A Career in Caring

LeanOnWe, founded by Ron Gold '91BUS, increases access to home health care

What Gorilla Poop Reveals About Our Messed-up Diet
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What Gorilla Poop Reveals About Our Messed-up Diet

Our taste for processed foods may be damaging our bodies in subtle ways

Yelp if You’ve Got Food Poisoning
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Yelp if You’ve Got Food Poisoning

A new system that scans Yelp for complaints of food poisoning is helping New York City health inspectors identify and record food-borne illness.

World’s Smallest Tape Recorder Built From Microbes
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World’s Smallest Tape Recorder Built From Microbes

A modified bacterial strain of E. coli may prove useful in studying human digestion

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Neuron?
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Health & Medicine

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Neuron?

A Presidential Scholar draws science into friendlier territory

The Politics Of Eating Well
Big Idea - Mark Bittman
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The Politics Of Eating Well

Mark Bittman explains why he thinks our food system is flawed and how he recommends fixing it

A Skin Patch that Dissolves Love Handles
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Health & Medicine

A Skin Patch that Dissolves Love Handles

Researchers are developing a painless, non-invasive alternative to liposuction

Nurses First
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Nurses First

How three women in New York are improving health care in Liberia with one simple but effective strategy

First Responders
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First Responders

The emergency medical system that Americans take for granted — including 911 dispatchers and networks of first responders — doesn’t exist in many countries

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