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Could a Giant Helium Balloon in Antarctica Help Find Dark Matter?
A particle detector deployed by Columbia scientists is looking for traces of antideuterons in the atmosphere
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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
What Really Happened on Easter Island?
A Columbia study helps debunk an old theory about the island’s mysterious past
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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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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Navigating Nairobi
Researchers have created the first map of Nairobi’s main transit system
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Data's Dividends
At Columbia’s Data Institute, teams of sociologists, economists, social workers, and data scientists are using computational methods to tackle life's big questions
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The Case of the Big Rock in the Wrong Spot
Geologists working in the Cape Verde islands have found evidence to back up a controversial theory
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What Exxon Knew
The company spent tens of millions of dollars between 1998 and 2005 on public-relations campaigns that questioned climate science
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Front-Row Seats to the Death of a Galaxy
Two supermassive black holes in the constellation Virgo are likely to smash together in about one hundred thousand years
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The Next Move for Planet Earth
What game theory can teach us about climate-change negotiations
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Fill 'er Up — With Bacteria?
A miniature car powered by microbes and evaporating water is the latest invention to come out of the laboratory of biophysicist Ozgur Sahin
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Why Some Companies Don't Invest in Cybersecurity
Benjamin Dean ’14SIPA, a fellow for Internet governance and cybersecurity, says they have little financial incentive to do so
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Creature Teachers
Saharan silver ants, big brown bats, and dinosaur eels are among our best engineers