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20 Years of Modeling the Brain
Larry Abbott, Ken Miller, and Daphna Shohamy at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute
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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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Preparing for the Unthinkable
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Preparing for the Unthinkable

The National Institutes of Health recently awarded a grant to develop radiation-screening tools 

New Down Syndrome Test is Safe, Spots Trouble Early
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New Down Syndrome Test is Safe, Spots Trouble Early

Columbia physicians are rolling out a screening program that identifies high-risk patients with a blood test and ultrasound

Katrina, Rita, and the Failure of Imagination
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Katrina, Rita, and the Failure of Imagination

Irwin Redlener on why we still lack the capacity to imagine the impacts of catastrophic scenarios 

Healthy Gums for a Healthy Heart
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Healthy Gums for a Healthy Heart

Artery-Clearing Procedure Comes Up Short
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Artery-Clearing Procedure Comes Up Short

Earth Institute Targets Safe Drinking Water
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Earth Institute Targets Safe Drinking Water

Scents and Sensibility
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Scents and Sensibility

Richard Axel ’67CC followed his nose to the mysteries of smell and cracked the two great problems of olfaction

Clinton the Lionhearted
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Clinton the Lionhearted

Heart Transplant
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Heart Transplant

Beyond Typhoid Mary
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Beyond Typhoid Mary

The origins of public health at Columbia and in the city

Seeing the Light, Again
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Seeing the Light, Again

Battling Obesity
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Battling Obesity

Mary Bassett helps New Yorkers make healthy choices

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