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The Strange Saga of Columbia’s Nuclear Reactor

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The Strange Saga of Columbia’s Nuclear Reactor

A plan to build an atom-splitter in Mudd Hall divided the campus. Was the uproar an overreaction?

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Beneath Bangladesh, a Tectonic Time Bomb

Beneath Bangladesh, a Tectonic Time Bomb

The earthquake will come. No one can say when. But scientists warn that it could be huge

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

25 Columbia Ideas and Innovations that Changed the World

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25 Columbia Ideas and Innovations that Changed the World

From antibiotics to blood banks, radio waves to video calls, we spotlight the biggest scientific breakthroughs in medicine, technology, and more

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Washing the Water

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Washing the Water

When the Net Becomes a Wall

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When the Net Becomes a Wall

State control, market forces, and the Internet’s power to divide

See You, Silicon

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See You, Silicon

Columbia researchers achieved major breakthroughs in developing tiny cylindrical pieces of carbon

Electrical Overload

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Electrical Overload

Dorkbot does "strange things with electricity"

Diet for a Warm Planet

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Diet for a Warm Planet

Columbians work to stem the tide of climate change

In Brief: Spring 2006

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In Brief: Spring 2006

Saving the Forest by the Trees

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Saving the Forest by the Trees

Klaus Lackner is on the forefront of carbon sequestration

Back a While, Crocodile

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Back a While, Crocodile

Sterling Nesbitt makes the discovery of a lifetime: a 210-million-year-old fossil of a previously unknown animal

The Future Tents

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The Future Tents

Kinetic sculptor Chuck Hoberman expands the boundaries of design

The String is the Thing

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The String is the Thing

Brian Greene unravels the fabric of the universe

How the Gesture Summons the Word

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How the Gesture Summons the Word

Exploring the link between motion and memory

Janet Conrad and the Joy of Physics: When Experiment Pushes Theory

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Janet Conrad and the Joy of Physics: When Experiment Pushes Theory

For someone who spends so much of her time thinking about neutrinos, Janet Conrad is surprisingly down-to-earth