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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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Deep Beneath the Dead Sea, a Harbinger of Future Drought

The Middle East, like many arid regions, is expected to get even drier this century as a result of global warming

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The Rove Beetles' Magical Mystery Lure

What looks like an ant, acts like an ant, smells like an ant, and yet is not an ant?

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How “Citizens United” Changed Our Politics

Since the US Supreme Court ruling, an unprecedented amount of money has poured into American elections

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The Future of Data Storage is in Our DNA

Scientists have begun experimenting with putting data onto nature’s original hard drive

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Study Hall: Spring 2017

Research briefs

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All the Food that's Fit to Print

Someday there might be a 3D printer ready to print dinner

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Mummified Leaves Hold Clues to Ancient Climate Mysteries

A twenty-three-million-year-old leaf, retrieved from a lakebed in New Zealand, is shedding light on our planet’s climate history

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Is the Wealth Gap Really New?

Research suggests that the gap between rich and poor has not grown as much as is commonly believed

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Lights! Camera! Algorithms?

Bringing animated characters to life requires the guidance of some good mathematicians

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Elephant Poaching is Still a Huge Problem, New Evidence Shows

African elephants are being wiped out by poachers

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Study Hall: Winter 2016

Research briefs

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Chemists Discover Key to Improving Solar Power

Solar cells can be manufactured at a lower cost using crystals called perovskites instead of silicon

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