A lab on wheels gives schoolchildren glimpses of the natural world

Fifty years ago, when astronauts first landed on the moon, they carried not only humanity’s highest hopes but an important experiment from Columbia

With the Internet now a global battlefield, how serious a threat do cyberweapons pose to America’s economy and infrastructure?

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

Among its recommendations is planning for increased risk of heat-related injuries, drinking-water shortages, sunny-day flooding, and infectious disease

Liveaction 3D footage reveals the nervous system of a fruit-fly larva as it crawls

Citizen scientists can help combat Lyme disease with a new app

New research shows that senior congressional aides have wildly inaccurate perceptions of their constituents’ views

An ongoing drought in the American West has been made 38 percent more severe by global warming

Dean Mary C. Boyce and colleagues develop an alternative plan that avoids major subway closures

The latest research briefs from Columbia

What if steel companies could recycle waste material and repurpose it for other industrial uses?