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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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Chasing God's Particle
Columbia physicists hope to soon observe the one elementary particle yet to be discovered of the 17 predicted by contemporary theory
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On the Top of the World
We look back at a 1957 Columbia exhibition to Antarctica
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A Peak Underneath
Scientists are on the verge of learning how a mountain range trapped within the Antarctic ice sheet got there
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CO2 May Get Ocean Burial
Scientists say we need to minimize the amount of carbon dioxide that coal factories spew into the air, in addition to developing cleaner forms of energy
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Let's See if It Floats
Columbia scientists are helping New York officials figure out how to prepare for rising sea levels
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Greenhouse Blowback?
Many U.S. lawmakers worry that global crises are more likely to occur as the planet warms
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Hansen to Congress: Time is Running Out to Save Environment
The Columbia professor recently returned to Capitol Hill
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Study Links Thousands of Ecological Changes to Human-Induced Warming
A paper from Columbia is the first to formally connect specific instances of environmental disruption to greenhouse gas emissions
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Mending Bridges
Raimondo Betti, a Columbia professor of civil engineering, is developing a new method for detecting corrosion in suspension-bridge cables