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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
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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ToxicDocs Exposes Industry Misdeeds
ToxicDocs founders Gerald Markowitz, Merlin Chowkwanyun, and David Rosner
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ToxicDocs Exposes Industry Misdeeds

A database reveals which American companies have been accused of knowingly harming citizens with products containing poisonous substances

The Secret Research That Could Make You Healthier
Illustration of person with a brain full of secrets
Health & Medicine

The Secret Research That Could Make You Healthier

A business professor studies the psychology of secrets

School of Social Work to Lead $86 Million Opioid Response in New York State
Columbia Social Work professor Nabila El-Bassel on Columbia campus
Health & Medicine

School of Social Work to Lead $86 Million Opioid Response in New York State

The effort, part of a nationwide research study, is being led by Professor Nabila El-Bassel ’89SW

The Science of Sleep
Tzivia Gover, director of the Institute for Dream Studies
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The Science of Sleep

We talk with mindfulness expert Tzivia Gover '96SOA, the director of the Institute for Dream Studies

Dutch Famine of 1944 Provides Window Into Natural Selection
A mother and two children during the Dutch famine of 1944
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Dutch Famine of 1944 Provides Window Into Natural Selection

A study finds new explanation for obesity and diabetes among famine survivors 

Don’t Mess With These Neurons!
Image of mouse brain cells from the lab of Steven A. Siegelbaum
Health & Medicine

Don’t Mess With These Neurons!

Scientists find "aggressive" part of the hippocampus

Let's Talk About Sex
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Let's Talk About Sex

A study finds that high-school students who are taught to communicate with their peers about sex are less likely to be sexually assaulted in college

The Climbing Neuroscientist
Columbia neuroscientist Mark Churchland on the climbing wall at the Jerome L. Greene Science Center
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The Climbing Neuroscientist

Why brain science and bouldering have more in common than you think

Meet Hal: He's One Sick Robot
A patient simulation robot with a breathing mask at the Columbia University School of Nursing
Health & Medicine

Meet Hal: He's One Sick Robot

At Columbia’s School of Nursing, a medical simulation center exposes students to the emotional and practical challenges of patient care

Radical Solutions for Baldness
Columbia geneticist Angela Christiano
Health & Medicine

Radical Solutions for Baldness

Geneticist Angela Christiano’s research not only offers hope to those suffering from hair loss, it could point the way to new cancer therapies

More Crop per Drop
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More Crop per Drop

Farmers in India could ameliorate water shortage and malnutrition by switching from rice to other grains

New Flight Routes Save Time but Damage Health
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New Flight Routes Save Time but Damage Health

A study by Columbia researchers concludes that the benefits of reduced flight times are outweighed by the effects on residents below

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