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Sleeping too Little (or too Much) Linked to Faster Aging, and Other Science News

The latest findings from Columbia researchers

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Your Chatbot Is a Terrible Therapist. Here’s Why.

Columbia clinicians are studying how ChatGPT and other AI tools may reinforce harmful beliefs and endanger vulnerable users

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Why Depression Rates Are Higher Among Liberals

Columbia researchers look at the politics of despair

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The Pollution Inside Your Home

Columbia researchers measured the air in and around New York City apartment buildings. What they found surprised them

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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

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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 

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Healthy Gums for a Healthy Heart

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Artery-Clearing Procedure Comes Up Short

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Earth Institute Targets Safe Drinking Water

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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

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Clinton the Lionhearted

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Heart Transplant

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Beyond Typhoid Mary

The origins of public health at Columbia and in the city

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Seeing the Light, Again

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Battling Obesity

Mary Bassett helps New Yorkers make healthy choices

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The Art of Healing

Listening to patients’ stories develops empathy

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