Science & Technology

Research briefs

Energy-efficient airplanes are in our future

Cartographers and researchers are answering the call for updated digital maps in remote locations

What makes the perfect pop song, one that will rocket to the top of the Billboard charts?

Study shows that social media is being used by foreign entities to sow divisiveness in American society.

A dislodged tectonic plate could trigger a tsunami with the capacity to devastate parts of the Alaska Peninsula

Lisa Goddard on how climate scientists can predict weather patterns months in advance, and how their work is improving people’s lives

Columbia astronomers are going beyond our solar system to understand exoplanets, find exomoons, and explore all sorts of surreal estate

Research briefs

Bottled scents in historic buildings may help bring the past alive

Neuroscientists from Columbia and McGill have found a way to selectively erase memories in sea slugs

A study suggests that the International Union for Conservation of Nature vastly underestimates the number of species at risk of extinction