Science & Technology

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

Quotes from the Veon CEO on her choice of career and the need for more diversity in the science, technology, engineering, and math fields

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

Shivani Siroya ’06PH is fighting global poverty with tech company Tala

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

A new weapon against one of the world's most dangerous insects