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Can a Spacesuit Designed for Mars Protect Us from the Next Pandemic?

NASA veteran Lawrence Kuznetz ’64SEAS, ’65SEAS builds apparel to shield humans from earthly and extraterrestrial ills

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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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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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What Really Happened on Easter Island?

A Columbia study helps debunk an old theory about the island’s mysterious past

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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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Cash is Critical in Fight Against Poverty

Fund people over programs, study suggests.

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Do Cell Phones Reduce Violent Crime?

A new study suggests that they may have helped slash US murder rates in the 1990s

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Science & Technology

The Mysterious Case of the Alien Rock

Why does an island in the Indian Ocean contain a mountain of crystalline rock that could never have formed there naturally?

Columbia scientists Emlyn Hughes and Gemma Sahwell collecting soil samples on the Marshall Islands to test for radiation
Science & Technology

Dangerous Radiation Lingers for Decades

Certain areas of the Marshall Islands should remain off-limits, scientists say

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Science & Technology

Astrophysicists Strike Gold

0.3 percent of Earth's rare elements come from a single stellar explosion 4.6 billion years ago

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Science & Technology

How ISIS Really Recruits its Members

A study looks at what makes the group’s online propaganda successful

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