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How Our Most Meaningful Memories Are Made
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How Our Most Meaningful Memories Are Made

Neuroscientists are closer to solving one of the mysteries of the human brain

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Plastic, Plastic Everywhere
Underwater photo of plastic bottle and other trash floating in ocean
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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?

Climate Change Fuels Significant Increase in US Forest Fires
Forest fire

Climate Change Fuels Significant Increase in US Forest Fires

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

How ISIS Really Recruits its Members
ISIS members marching with flag

How ISIS Really Recruits its Members

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

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The Incredible Environmental Benefits of NYC Trees
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The Incredible Environmental Benefits of NYC Trees

A study reveals how urban green spaces absorb carbon dioxide and combat global warming

The Super Canines of Chernobyl, and Other Science News
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The Super Canines of Chernobyl, and Other Science News

The latest research from Columbia

What Declassified Government Documents Reveal About America’s Dark Secrets
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What Declassified Government Documents Reveal About America’s Dark Secrets

At the Columbia History Lab, Matthew Connelly ’90CC uses data science to uncover long-hidden files

The Need to Protect the Data in Our Brains
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The Need to Protect the Data in Our Brains

In Theater of Thought, Rafael Yuste explores the intersections of privacy and neurotechnology with Werner Herzog

Gen Z Discovers LSD, and Other Science News
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Gen Z Discovers LSD, and Other Science News

Research briefs from Columbia

The Columbia Telescope That Changed How We See the World
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The Columbia Telescope That Changed How We See the World

Why the Rutherfurd Telescope is legendary among astronomy aficionados

Can We Act Sooner to Save Endangered Species?
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Can We Act Sooner to Save Endangered Species?

At-risk animal populations should receive protections earlier, urge Columbia researchers

The Case of the Well-Dressed Panhandler
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The Case of the Well-Dressed Panhandler

Clothing choices matter when soliciting spare change, find Columbia Business School researchers

Tree Rings Solve Mystery of 19th-Century Shipwreck
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Tree Rings Solve Mystery of 19th-Century Shipwreck

Columbia scientists formally identify the Dolphin, a lost Rhode Island whaler from the 1850s

Columbia Engineering Leads Major Initiative on Smart Streetscapes
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Columbia Engineering Leads Major Initiative on Smart Streetscapes

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $26 million grant to develop a new research center

Coyotes and Other Wild Animals Move into New York City
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Coyotes and Other Wild Animals Move into New York City

Urban critters such as possums, skunks, and groundhogs are growing in numbers, say Columbia researchers

Making Room for Tigers
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Making Room for Tigers

Ecologists are studying new ways to protect the big cats’ need to roam

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