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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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Meet the Expert Who Has Studied Handwashing for More than 40 Years
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Meet the Expert Who Has Studied Handwashing for More than 40 Years

Elaine Larson, a professor emerita of nursing research and epidemiology, breaks down a hygiene essential

Columbia Discoveries That Could Make 2020 Your Healthiest Year Yet
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Columbia Discoveries That Could Make 2020 Your Healthiest Year Yet

Science confirms we should do more yoga, lay off the carbs, and eat earlier in the day for better health

The Miraculous Beauty and Healing Power of Ordinary Bacteria
"Coexistence (detail)," 2019. Art made from bacteria by Columbia biomedical engineer Tal Danino.
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The Miraculous Beauty and Healing Power of Ordinary Bacteria

Biomedical engineer Tal Danino finds both art and new cancer-fighting therapies in Earth's most abundant lifeforms

It’s Time to Stop Obsessing about the War on Cancer
Illustration of Azra Raza by Jonny Ruzzo
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It’s Time to Stop Obsessing about the War on Cancer

Leukemia specialist Azra Raza on why the medical field needs to focus more on early detection

Does the US Transplant System Waste too Many Kidneys?
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Does the US Transplant System Waste too Many Kidneys?

A new study suggests that patients are missing out on viable organs

The Latest on Vaping Risks
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The Latest on Vaping Risks

Research from Columbia indicates that e-cigarette users are inhaling dangerous amounts of nickel and chromium 

The Art of "Radical Listening"
Illustration by Anna Parini of doctor listening to a patient
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The Art of "Radical Listening"

Columbia holds a three-day workshop on the healing power of narrative medicine

The Secret Life of Bones
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The Secret Life of Bones

Science suggests the skeleton is our most underrated organ

Now Scientists Can Alert Immune System to Cancer Cells in Hiding
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Now Scientists Can Alert Immune System to Cancer Cells in Hiding

The technique could lay the groundwork for a new type of immunotherapy

Making Precision Medicine Work for Every Body
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Making Precision Medicine Work for Every Body

A new study aims to identify ways of diversifying genetic databases

Touring Brooklyn’s Urban Farms
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Touring Brooklyn’s Urban Farms

Students get a fresh look at the issues of food justice and sustainability

Can a Surgeon Be Too Stressed to Operate?
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Can a Surgeon Be Too Stressed to Operate?

Anxious docs are more prone to mistakes, study finds

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