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An illustration of E. coli
Science & Technology

Could Life Be Made Simpler?

Researchers have created a bacterium that thrives with nineteen amino acids instead of twenty

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Illustration by Josie Norton depicting AI in the classroom

Chatbots Have Entered the Classroom. What Happens Next?

Columbia faculty are finding innovative ways to incorporate AI into coursework without compromising academic rigor

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Anton Petrus

How Seriously Should We Take UFO Sightings?

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

The Challenger explosion

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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Columbia geoscience students excavating ruins near Aksaray, Turkey
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

A migratory cattle herder in Burkina Faso
Science & Technology

Helping Herders in Africa Adapt to Climate Change

Research from Columbia shows where the grass is greener

Schoolchildren entering the BioBus
Science & Technology

BioBus Brings Science to the Streets

A lab on wheels gives schoolchildren glimpses of the natural world

Buzz Aldrin on the moon in 1969
Science & Technology

Columbia Goes to the Moon

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

Illustration of anthropomorphized pixels dressed as gangsters and holding explosives behind their backs
Science & Technology

The Age of Cyberwarfare

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

Underwater photo of plastic bottle and other trash floating in ocean
Science & Technology

Plastic, Plastic Everywhere

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

Ursula Burns
Science & Technology

Ursula Burns: Straight Talk on STEM

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

Scientists planting cordgrass to reduce erosion in New York’s Jamaica Bay salt marsh
Science & Technology

Climate Panel, Revived by Earth Institute, Releases First Report

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

GIF animation of fruit-fly larva with visible neurons
Science & Technology

Stunning Video Shows Neurons in Action

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

A tick on a leaf
Science & Technology

Spot a Tick? Snap a Pic

Citizen scientists can help combat Lyme disease with a new app

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Science & Technology

How Congress Misreads Public Opinion

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

Lake Mead
Science & Technology

The Great Rain Robbery

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

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