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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
Photo of woman looking sadly at phone with blue light emanating

Why Depression Rates Are Higher Among Liberals

Columbia researchers look at the politics of despair

Clearing the Path to Parenthood
Illustration by Sophi Gullbrants of a couple looking at an embryo

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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Data Mining Reveals Risky Drug Combos
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Data Mining Reveals Risky Drug Combos

Two of the most commonly prescribed medications can cause cardiac arrest if combined

Some Credence to Clear-Water Revival
Andrew Juhl and Greg O'Mullan
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Some Credence to Clear-Water Revival

The Hudson River is the cleanest it's been since 1984

Study: “Wheat Sensitivity” is Real
Bagels
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Study: “Wheat Sensitivity” is Real

(It may affect more than just celiac sufferers)

Your Beautiful Brain
Brain
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Your Beautiful Brain

Dispatches from the frontier of neuroscience

Cambodia’s Orphanages are Packed — but not with Orphans
Researcher and orphan
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Cambodia’s Orphanages are Packed — but not with Orphans

Columbia Public Health researchers uncover a disturbing finding

A Mystery of the Infant Brain, Revealed
Brain scan
Health & Medicine

A Mystery of the Infant Brain, Revealed

A new finding could give insight into autism and ADHD

Signs of Life
Neopenda founders
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Signs of Life

Two alumni entrepreneurs are helping to reduce infant mortality rates in Uganda

To Create a Memory, Fresh Cells Required
Brain cells
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To Create a Memory, Fresh Cells Required

The majority of our brain cells have to last an entire lifetime

Gene-Editing Technology Could Treat Blindness
Retinitis pigmentosa
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Gene-Editing Technology Could Treat Blindness

A new technique could revolutionize the treatment of some inheritable diseases.

The Great Salt Debate that Wasn't
Salt
Health & Medicine

The Great Salt Debate that Wasn't

Are warnings about the sodium content of the modern American diet greatly exaggerated?

Big Guys, Tender Hearts
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Big Guys, Tender Hearts

Columbia cardiologists are collaborating with the NBA to identify athletes at risk for sudden cardiac death

Don't Drink the Water
Flint Water Plant
Health & Medicine

Don't Drink the Water

A Q&A with historian and public-health expert David Rosner about the water crisis in Flint, Michigan

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