Skip to main content
  • Arts & Humanities
  • Science & Technology
  • Health & Medicine
  • Alumni
  • On Campus
  • Books
Issues Listen
  • About
  • Subscribe
  • Contact Us
  • School Abbreviations
  • Arts & Humanities
  • Science & Technology
  • Health & Medicine
  • Alumni
  • On Campus
  • Books

Science & Technology

photo illustration of Kuznetz and suit
Science & Technology

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

Most Read
The Challenger explosion

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

Illustration by Josie Norton depicting AI in the classroom

Chatbots Have Entered the Classroom. What Happens Next?

Columbia faculty are finding innovative ways to incorporate AI into coursework without compromising academic rigor

Sculptures on Easter Island

What Really Happened on Easter Island?

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

More Stories

Illustration
Science & Technology

Was the Big Bang Really a Big Bounce?

Associate research scientist Anna Ijjas proposes a radically alternative theory of how our universe came to be

1.18_CODE_Cure_graphics_1
Science & Technology

From Code to Cure

Armed with enormous amounts of clinical data, Columbia scientists are rewriting the rules of medical research

Study_Hall_HERO
Science & Technology

Study Hall: Winter 2017

Research briefs

Photo of eco-friendly airplane model
Science & Technology

Flying the Eco-Friendly Skies

Energy-efficient airplanes are in our future

Photo of people on laptop
Science & Technology

Cartographers to the Rescue

Cartographers and researchers are answering the call for updated digital maps in remote locations

Photo of Adele
Science & Technology

Data Reveals X Factor in Pop Hits

What makes the perfect pop song, one that will rocket to the top of the Billboard charts?

Illustration
Science & Technology

Socializing with the Kremlin

Study shows that social media is being used by foreign entities to sow divisiveness in American society.

Alaska map
Science & Technology

Alaska at Risk For Massive Tsunami, Study Finds

A dislodged tectonic plate could trigger a tsunami with the capacity to devastate parts of the Alaska Peninsula

Photo
Science & Technology

Farsighted Forecasts

Lisa Goddard on how climate scientists can predict weather patterns months in advance, and how their work is improving people’s lives

Outer space illustration
Science & Technology

Brave New Worlds

Columbia astronomers are going beyond our solar system to understand exoplanets, find exomoons, and explore all sorts of surreal estate

Study_Hall_HERO
Science & Technology

Study Hall: Fall 2017

Research briefs

Photo
Science & Technology

Message in a Bottle

Bottled scents in historic buildings may help bring the past alive

  • Read More

Stay Connected.

Sign up for our newsletter.

Newsletter consent

General Data Protection Regulation

Columbia University Privacy Notice

  • Latest Issue
  • Past Issues
  • Listen
  • Arts & Humanities
  • Science & Technology
  • Health & Medicine
  • Alumni Newsmakers
  • On Campus
  • Books
  • About
  • Subscribe
  • Contact Us
  • Advertising
  • Staff
  • Awards
  • School Abbreviations
  • Donate
  • columbia.edu
  • Alumni Association
  • Update Your Information
  • Disability Services

©2026 Columbia University