Science & Technology
Could Life Be Made Simpler?
Researchers have created a bacterium that thrives with nineteen amino acids instead of twenty
Science & Technology
Most Read
Chatbots Have Entered the Classroom. What Happens Next?
Columbia faculty are finding innovative ways to incorporate AI into coursework without compromising academic rigor
Anton Petrus
How Seriously Should We Take UFO Sightings?
Columbia alien hunter David Kipping on the odds of finding company in the cosmos
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
More Stories
Science & Technology
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
Science & Technology
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
Science & Technology
Creature Teachers
Saharan silver ants, big brown bats, and dinosaur eels are among our best engineers
Science & Technology
Scientists Find Tools that Predate Earliest Known Humans
Columbia geologists Christopher Lepre and Dennis Kent ’74GSAS assess a momentous discovery
Science & Technology
Liquid Assets
As the California drought brings home the global problem of water scarcity, Columbia engineers are advancing a challenging idea: reusing our wastewater
Science & Technology
Face-to-Face Dialogues Seen as Key to Breaking Down Bigotry
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
Science & Technology
The New Rules of Networking
Social-networking evangelist Sree Sreenivasan '93JRN has advice for new graduates: link in, tweet on, and connect often
Science & Technology
Seeds of Hope
In Uruguay, Columbia scientists are working on a forecasting system to help farmers cope with climate change
Science & Technology
A Secret History
Science and technology historian Matthew Jones breaks down the history of snooping
Science & Technology
Whose Galaxy Is It?
As astronomers discover a universe flush with potentially life-supporting planets, it seems more and more likely that we are not alone
Science & Technology
Underwater, Another Carbon Problem
Human-caused climate change could have an unprecedented effect on marine life
Science & Technology
A Sound of Trumpets
The global lust for ivory threatens to silence the African elephant forever. Can a hidden remnant of the Cold War help stem the slaughter?