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Scientists Decipher the Hidden Past of the "Blue-Ring Nebula"

For years, astronomers have been puzzled by a massive gas cloud that encircles a star some six thousand light-years away 

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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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The Machine that Can Read Your Mind

At Columbia's Magnetic Resonance Research Center, scientists are unveiling the neural basis of human thoughts, memories, and emotions

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Why Butterfly Wings are Even Cooler Than You Think!

Science reveals how the insects' paper-thin wings withstand the heat of the sun

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An Elevator to the Moon?

Columbia astronomers suggest an alternative to the rocket ship

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Why Economists Downplay Climate Risks

They’re being too “conservative,” but not in the way you might think

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What Can this Ancient Creature Tell Us about the Human Brain?

The hydra has one of the oldest and most rudimentary nervous systems of any species

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It’s Snowing …Microplastics

(Another reason to think twice before eating snow)

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7 New Discoveries from Columbia Scientists

Songbirds offer insights into language learning, and other findings

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Columbia Scientists Discover Largest Fresh-Water Aquifer Ever Found

(It’s bigger than Lake Erie and Lake Ontario combined)

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Cash is Critical in Fight Against Poverty

Fund people over programs, study suggests.

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Do Cell Phones Reduce Violent Crime?

A new study suggests that they may have helped slash US murder rates in the 1990s

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The Mysterious Case of the Alien Rock

Why does an island in the Indian Ocean contain a mountain of crystalline rock that could never have formed there naturally?

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Dangerous Radiation Lingers for Decades

Certain areas of the Marshall Islands should remain off-limits, scientists say

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Astrophysicists Strike Gold

0.3 percent of Earth's rare elements come from a single stellar explosion 4.6 billion years ago

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