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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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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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Could Beavers Help Save Us from Climate Disaster?
Leila Philip ’91SOA spent six years researching an underappreciated animal for her book Beaverland
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What Your Facial Features Say About You
Columbia psychologists unmask the perceptual biases that shape our impressions of one another
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How Gro Intelligence is Fighting World Hunger with Tech
The company, founded by Sara Menker ’12BUS, seeks to optimize agricultural intelligence around the world
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The Hidden Potential of Zombie Office Towers
Researchers make the case for converting commercial buildings into apartments
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Women Earn Half as Much After Having Children, Finds New Study
Columbia researchers calculate the true price of motherhood
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Drones and AI Are New Recruits in Battle Against Land Mines
The technology locates explosives faster and more safely than treacherous manual methods
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Professor Louis Brus Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The scientist was recognized for developing quantum dots, infinitesimal man-made crystals with special optical properties
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What Triggers Male Rage? Betta Fish May Hold Clues
A Columbia neurobiologist fishes for an aggression gene
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Could AI Mend a Broken Heart?
Inward, cofounded by Ying Laohachewin ’15BUS, brings the healing power of support groups to your phone
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A Columbia Climate Scientist Reviews Autumn in New York
Mukund Palat Rao ’20GSAS discusses this year's foliage outlook and how a warming planet may affect future seasons
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Saluting Marie Tharp, the Trailblazing Scientist Whose Maps Shook the World
The Columbia cartographer’s discovery of undersea rift valleys helped seal the theory of continental drift