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Science & Technology

Can a Spacesuit Designed for Mars Protect Us from the Next Pandemic?

NASA veteran Lawrence Kuznetz ’64SEAS, ’65SEAS builds apparel to shield humans from earthly and extraterrestrial ills

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Chatbots Have Entered the Classroom. What Happens Next?

Columbia faculty are finding innovative ways to incorporate AI into coursework without compromising academic rigor

The Challenger explosion

How the Challenger Disaster Became a Case Study of the ‘Normalization of Deviance’

Forty years after the tragedy, Columbia sociologist Diane Vaughan reflects on her landmark work on organizational decision-making

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What Really Happened on Easter Island?

A Columbia study helps debunk an old theory about the island’s mysterious past

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A Spoonful of Humor Helps the Neuroscience Go Down

Rai Sen is the founder of the Lab, an improv troupe that uses comedy to communicate science to the public

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Black Hole Collisions Are More Common than Previously Thought

New research roughly doubles the total number of events ever identified

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The AI Boom’s Unpaid Bill

Growth driven by data-center development comes with hidden economic risks, according to a new paper

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Could Life Be Made Simpler?

Researchers have created a bacterium that thrives with nineteen amino acids instead of twenty

Illustration by Josie Norton depicting AI in the classroom
Science & Technology

Chatbots Have Entered the Classroom. What Happens Next?

Columbia faculty are finding innovative ways to incorporate AI into coursework without compromising academic rigor

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How Seriously Should We Take UFO Sightings?

Columbia alien hunter David Kipping on the odds of finding company in the cosmos

The launch of the Columbia-led General AntiParticle Spectrometer (GAPS) mission on December 15.
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Could a Giant Helium Balloon in Antarctica Help Find Dark Matter?

A particle detector deployed by Columbia scientists is looking for traces of antideuterons in the atmosphere

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The Deepfake Scam Era Is Upon Us. Here’s How to Get Ready.

Columbia cybersecurity expert Asaf Cidon explains the eerie rise of AI-powered email, phone, and video scams — and how anyone can fall for them

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Science & Technology

The Psychology Behind Police Shootings

New Columbia research reveals brain mechanisms that may be at work when cops shoot unarmed Black men

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Science & Technology

Why You Can’t Always Trust Your Memory

Erin Kendall Braun ’09GS, ’18GSAS, a cognitive neuroscientist and memory expert, brings her insight to the courtroom and beyond

The Challenger explosion
Science & Technology

How the Challenger Disaster Became a Case Study of the ‘Normalization of Deviance’

Forty years after the tragedy, Columbia sociologist Diane Vaughan reflects on her landmark work on organizational decision-making

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Science & Technology

Spanish-Language Radio Has a Disinformation Problem

Verdad, an app founded by Martina Guzmán ’08JRN, uses AI to find conspiracy theories broadcasted on the air

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