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Why You Can’t Always Trust Your Memory
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Why You Can’t Always Trust Your Memory

Erin Kendall Braun ’09GS, ’18GSAS, a cognitive neuroscientist and memory expert, brings her insight to the courtroom and beyond

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The Deepfake Scam Era Is Upon Us. Here’s How to Get Ready.
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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

What Really Happened on Easter Island?
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What Really Happened on Easter Island?

A Columbia study helps debunk an old theory about the island’s mysterious past

America’s Great Climate Migration Has Begun. Here’s What You Need to Know.
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America’s Great Climate Migration Has Begun. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Columbia researchers are developing innovative ways to protect communities most vulnerable to floods and other disasters

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How Herman Hollerith Helped Launch the Information Age
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How Herman Hollerith Helped Launch the Information Age

The Columbia-trained statistician transformed everything from census counts to election tallies, and prefigured modern computing

The Life-and-Death Struggle of Coral Reefs
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The Life-and-Death Struggle of Coral Reefs

As warming seas threaten these essential marine ecosystems, Braddock Linsley drills down on their history

America’s Great Climate Migration Has Begun. Here’s What You Need to Know.
People sitting on a car during a flood
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America’s Great Climate Migration Has Begun. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Columbia researchers are developing innovative ways to protect communities most vulnerable to floods and other disasters

Blastoff, Mojave Style
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Blastoff, Mojave Style

Members of the Columbia Space Initiative win second place in the FAR-OUT 2024 rocketry competition

What Really Happened on Easter Island?
Sculptures on Easter Island
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What Really Happened on Easter Island?

A Columbia study helps debunk an old theory about the island’s mysterious past

Are We Really All Suckers for Fake News?
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Are We Really All Suckers for Fake News?

A new study sheds light on the need for greater media literacy

Why Vultures Need Our Protection
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Why Vultures Need Our Protection

Corinne Kendall ’08GSAS, one of America’s top vulture experts, is working to preserve an unfairly maligned bird of prey

Disney ‘Imagineer’ Lanny Smoot’s Lightsaber Moment
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Disney ‘Imagineer’ Lanny Smoot’s Lightsaber Moment

The engineer joins the National Inventors Hall of Fame

A New Way to Spot Text Written by AI, and Other Science News
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A New Way to Spot Text Written by AI, and Other Science News

Research briefs from Columbia

Is Every Fingerprint Really Unique? AI Tells Us Otherwise
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Is Every Fingerprint Really Unique? AI Tells Us Otherwise

Columbia engineers find that prints from each of your ten digits are not entirely distinct from each other

Scientists Go Bananas Over Baby Galaxies
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Scientists Go Bananas Over Baby Galaxies

Astronomers discover early galaxies shaped like curved, elongated disks 

How Farm Animal Burps Are Fueling Global Warming
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How Farm Animal Burps Are Fueling Global Warming

Columbia environmental scientist Catherine Ivanovich wants us to understand the impacts of the food we eat

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