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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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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

Bearded dragons may shed light on sleep disorders, and other research news

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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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Science & Technology

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

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It’s Snowing …Microplastics

(Another reason to think twice before eating snow)

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7 New Discoveries from Columbia Scientists

Songbirds offer insights into language learning, and other findings

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Columbia Scientists Discover Largest Fresh-Water Aquifer Ever Found

(It’s bigger than Lake Erie and Lake Ontario combined)

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