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Lazy Bears and Confused Birds: What a Warming Planet Means for Wildlife

How climate change is taking its toll on animal behavior

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Plastic, Plastic Everywhere

The planet is drowning in the most useful material ever invented. So what are we going to do about it?

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Climate Change Fuels Significant Increase in US Forest Fires

Wildfires have been consuming forests in the western US at a devastating pace

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How ISIS Really Recruits its Members

A study looks at what makes the group’s online propaganda successful

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The Magic of Building with Mushrooms

Fungus-based construction materials could be useful in remote settings or at the scenes of natural disasters

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My Cuttlefish Teacher

Columbia research shows how the intelligent cephalopods become masters of disguise

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A Simple Way to Reframe Bad Memories

Columbia researchers on how to rewire our most embarrassing, depressing, and guilt-inducing recollections

 

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An Investment in Babies’ Brains, and Other Columbia Research

6 new scientific discoveries 

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Study of Sheep Poop Leads to Huge Scoop on the Vikings

Clues buried in mud bust a centuries-old myth about the ancient warriors

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6 Things You Need to Know About Climate Change Now

With global warming now a full-blown crisis, Columbia experts are documenting the dangers and developing solutions

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What Old NYC Lumber Can Tell Us About Climate History

Columbia tree-ring scientists are discovering key clues in aging industrial wood

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A Better Way to Fight Workplace Racial Bias

Diversity training programs may be inadequate, say Columbia sociologists

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The Amazing Gender-Bending Behavior of Hummingbirds

Columbia scientists discover why female white-necked jacobins often masquerade as males

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Cryptocurrency and the Future of Your Money

Columbia expert R.A. Farrokhnia breaks down the impact of blockchain and other financial technologies

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Cholesterol’s Cumulative Toll, and Other Columbia Discoveries

Research briefs from University scientists

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Why Diamonds Are a Geologist’s Best Friend

The gems could help answer fundamental questions about our planet’s early history

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