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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
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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

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

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The World According to Pimm
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The World According to Pimm

The biodiversity expert says that by the middle of the twenty-first century, 50 percent of species could be on a path to extinction

Edwin Armstrong: Pioneer of the Airwaves
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Edwin Armstrong: Pioneer of the Airwaves

The brilliant engineer fought all his life to champion the inventions that made modern radio possible

Maurice Ewing and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
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Maurice Ewing and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

In two decades, the division essentially launched whole new scientific fields and revolutionized our understanding of our planet

I.I. Rabi: Physics and Science at Columbia, in America, and Worldwide
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I.I. Rabi: Physics and Science at Columbia, in America, and Worldwide

The Nobel Prize-winning physicist and internationally renowned statesman of science was a beloved figure on Morningside Heights for more than half a century

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