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Scientists Edge Closer to Affordable Superconductors
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Scientists Edge Closer to Affordable Superconductors

Novel materials could eventually power electric vehicles and more, say Columbia researchers

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What Your Facial Features Say About You
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What Your Facial Features Say About You

Columbia psychologists unmask the perceptual biases that shape our impressions of one another

How ISIS Really Recruits its Members
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How ISIS Really Recruits its Members

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

What Declassified Government Documents Reveal About America’s Dark Secrets
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Christopher Silas Neal

What Declassified Government Documents Reveal About America’s Dark Secrets

At the Columbia History Lab, Matthew Connelly ’90CC uses data science to uncover long-hidden files

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Making Light of Death
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Making Light of Death

At Columbia’s DeathLab, the search for a cleaner, smarter alternative to burial is a deeply serious matter

Study Hall: Spring 2016
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Study Hall: Spring 2016

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A 17th-Century “Flap Book” Gets New Life Online
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A 17th-Century “Flap Book” Gets New Life Online

Columbia book conservators recently restored and digitized a seventeenth-century anatomy text

Reduced Snowfall Could Cause Water Shortages for 2 Billion People
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Reduced Snowfall Could Cause Water Shortages for 2 Billion People

A Columbia study is the first to assess the risks posed by diminished snowfall across the Northern Hemisphere

In Cooking Their Books, Corporate Accountants Like a Good Recipe
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In Cooking Their Books, Corporate Accountants Like a Good Recipe

Repeated errors may be crafty means of inflating income

Flash-Forward
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Flash-Forward

If you think snapping high-definition pictures on your smartphone is the pinnacle of digital photography, think again

Getting the Low-Down on Land Grabs
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Getting the Low-Down on Land Grabs

Over the past decade, countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean have sold or leased millions of acres of state-controlled farmland to foreign interests 

Launch Code
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Launch Code

Astronaut Tim Kopra ’13BUS circles the planet sixteen times a day. What on Earth propels him?

The Laws of Subduction
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The Laws of Subduction

The Marcus G. Langseth gathers seismic data under the ocean

In an Ancient Workshop, Discovering Modern Ideas
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In an Ancient Workshop, Discovering Modern Ideas

Graduate students are gaining insights into the mindset of Renaissance craftsmen by reproducing their wares

Study Hall: Winter 2015
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Study Hall: Winter 2015

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Sinking Prospects
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Sinking Prospects

A new study predicts that the height and duration of floods along the East Coast will increase dramatically by 2100

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