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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

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How Seriously Should We Take UFO Sightings?

Columbia alien hunter David Kipping on the odds of finding company in the cosmos

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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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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

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War Atrocities in Yemen Linked to US Weapons

Columbia Law School researchers have unveiled a disturbing connection between American arms and civilian deaths

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Biomedical Engineers Can Now Watch Our Organs Talk to Each Other

In a plastic device the size of a credit card, tissues communicate with each other through a shared blood supply

 

 

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Having Kids May Lead to Brain Damage, and Other Science News

Recent discoveries from Columbia researchers

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The Sharks Are Back in New York

A sailing anthropologist sinks his teeth into human-shark relations

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Lazy Bears and Confused Birds: What a Warming Planet Means for Wildlife

How climate change is taking its toll on animal behavior

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The Magic of Building with Mushrooms

Fungus-based construction materials could be useful in remote settings or at the scenes of natural disasters

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My Cuttlefish Teacher

Columbia research shows how the intelligent cephalopods become masters of disguise

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A Simple Way to Reframe Bad Memories

Columbia researchers on how to rewire our most embarrassing, depressing, and guilt-inducing recollections

 

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An Investment in Babies’ Brains, and Other Columbia Research

6 new scientific discoveries 

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Study of Sheep Poop Leads to Huge Scoop on the Vikings

Clues buried in mud bust a centuries-old myth about the ancient warriors

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6 Things You Need to Know About Climate Change Now

With global warming now a full-blown crisis, Columbia experts are documenting the dangers and developing solutions

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What Old NYC Lumber Can Tell Us About Climate History

Columbia tree-ring scientists are discovering key clues in aging industrial wood

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