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Could Life Be Made Simpler?
Researchers have created a bacterium that thrives with nineteen amino acids instead of twenty
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Chatbots Have Entered the Classroom. What Happens Next?
Columbia faculty are finding innovative ways to incorporate AI into coursework without compromising academic rigor
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How Seriously Should We Take UFO Sightings?
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A New Way to Save Coral Reefs, and Other Research Findings
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Astrophysicist Brian Metzger Named 2020 Blavatnik Laureate
The award is the largest unrestricted scientific prize for young researchers in the US
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3 New Climate Discoveries That Should Worry Just About Everyone
Studies on droughts, heat-index readings, and ice sheets show that the Earth is changing much faster than we anticipated
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7 Discoveries from Columbia Scientists
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Houses Fit for Life on Mars
Architects Jeffrey Montes '15GSAPP and Christopher Botham '16GSAPP are designing your home — in outer space
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A Time-Out for the Planet
Grappling with COVID and climate on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day
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The Unexpected Payback of a 33-Year-Old Climate Treaty
The Montreal Protocol saved the ozone. It’s also slowing global warming
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Why Butterfly Wings are Even Cooler Than You Think!
Science reveals how the insects' paper-thin wings withstand the heat of the sun
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An Elevator to the Moon?
Columbia astronomers suggest an alternative to the rocket ship
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Why Economists Downplay Climate Risks
They’re being too “conservative,” but not in the way you might think
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What Can this Ancient Creature Tell Us about the Human Brain?
The hydra has one of the oldest and most rudimentary nervous systems of any species
