Science & Technology

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

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 

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

The Marcus G. Langseth gathers seismic data under the ocean

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

Research briefs

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

Researchers have created the first map of Nairobi’s main transit system

At Columbia’s Data Institute, teams of sociologists, economists, social workers, and data scientists are using computational methods to tackle life's big questions

Geologists working in the Cape Verde islands have found evidence to back up a controversial theory

The company spent tens of millions of dollars between 1998 and 2005 on public-relations campaigns that questioned climate science

Two supermassive black holes in the constellation Virgo are likely to smash together in about one hundred thousand years