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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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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 Declassified Government Documents Reveal About America’s Dark Secrets
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What Declassified Government Documents Reveal About America’s Dark Secrets

At the Columbia History Lab, Matthew Connelly ’90CC uses data science to uncover long-hidden files

What Your Facial Features Say About You
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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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What Are They Thinking?
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What Are They Thinking?

For science educator Michelle Ashkin '04GSAS, teaching people about the minds of other species is more than a passion 

These Dinosaurs Were Homebodies, and Now Scientists Know Why
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These Dinosaurs Were Homebodies, and Now Scientists Know Why

Some of the earliest-known dinosaurs waited millions of years before wandering out of South America

Black Holes Could Be Tapped for Energy, Say Physicists
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Black Holes Could Be Tapped for Energy, Say Physicists

Scientists offer a new take on the theory

Bacteria Employed as "Living Hard Drives"
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Bacteria Employed as "Living Hard Drives"

Columbia scientists are encoding digital information into E. coli cells

Physicist Chien-Shiung Wu Honored with US Postage Stamp
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Physicist Chien-Shiung Wu Honored with US Postage Stamp

Wu was Columbia's first tenured female physics professor and one of the most influential nuclear physicists of her generation

Self-Aware Robots? Engineers Edge Toward Elusive Goal
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Self-Aware Robots? Engineers Edge Toward Elusive Goal

A new android designed at Columbia displays a “glimmer of empathy” 

How to Prepare for a "Megadisaster"
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How to Prepare for a "Megadisaster"

Submerged cities. Food shortages. Attacks on the electrical grid. Bioterrorism. It’s time to get ready for tomorrow’s catastrophes

In Pursuit of Dark Matter
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In Pursuit of Dark Matter

Columbia physicists confront one of the most confounding mysteries in science

Scientists Decipher the Hidden Past of the "Blue-Ring Nebula"
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Scientists Decipher the Hidden Past of the "Blue-Ring Nebula"

For years, astronomers have been puzzled by a massive gas cloud that encircles a star some six thousand light-years away 

Researchers Call for Clean-Energy Push
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Researchers Call for Clean-Energy Push

A new report provides a roadmap for how the US can help stave off the most catastrophic consequences of global warming

Columbia, Amazon to Launch New AI Research Center
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Columbia, Amazon to Launch New AI Research Center

The new Columbia Center of Artificial Intelligence Technology in Collaboration with Amazon will support fellowships, research projects, and more

A Laboratory Fit for Lockdown
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A Laboratory Fit for Lockdown

Take-home kits allow Columbia Engineering students to conduct experiments in their pajamas

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