Science & Technology

What game theory can teach us about climate-change negotiations

Research briefs

A miniature car powered by microbes and evaporating water is the latest invention to come out of the laboratory of biophysicist Ozgur Sahin

Benjamin Dean ’14SIPA, a fellow for Internet governance and cybersecurity, says they have little financial incentive to do so

Saharan silver ants, big brown bats, and dinosaur eels are among our best engineers

Columbia geologists Christopher Lepre and Dennis Kent ’74GSAS assess a momentous discovery

As the California drought brings home the global problem of water scarcity, Columbia engineers are advancing a challenging idea: reusing our wastewater

A Columbia study has found that people opposed to same-sex marriage will often reverse their stance after a single conversation with a gay canvasser

Social-networking evangelist Sree Sreenivasan '93JRN has advice for new graduates: link in, tweet on, and connect often

In Uruguay, Columbia scientists are working on a forecasting system to help farmers cope with climate change

Science and technology historian Matthew Jones breaks down the history of snooping

As astronomers discover a universe flush with potentially life-supporting planets, it seems more and more likely that we are not alone