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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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How Seriously Should We Take UFO Sightings?

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

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Women Earn Half as Much After Having Children, Finds New Study

Columbia researchers calculate the true price of motherhood

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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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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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Science & Technology

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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How ISIS Really Recruits its Members

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

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What Everyone Needs to Know About the Threat of Mass Extinction

A million plant and animal species are at risk of disappearing, many within decades

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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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Science & Technology

New Robots Can Swarm Like Human Cells

A new robotic propulsion system could help create new kinds of robots capable of venturing into hazardous environments

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The Myth of the Asian-American Advantage

They outperform their classmates by almost every measure. But do these accomplishments lead to professional success?

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Science & Technology

Geoscientists Find Answers in Stone-Age Pee

Middle Easterners may have given up hunting and gathering more abruptly than previously thought, says a new study

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Helping Herders in Africa Adapt to Climate Change

Research from Columbia shows where the grass is greener

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