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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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Mummified Leaves Hold Clues to Ancient Climate Mysteries

A twenty-three-million-year-old leaf, retrieved from a lakebed in New Zealand, is shedding light on our planet’s climate history

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Is the Wealth Gap Really New?

Research suggests that the gap between rich and poor has not grown as much as is commonly believed

Moana
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Lights! Camera! Algorithms?

Bringing animated characters to life requires the guidance of some good mathematicians

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Elephant Poaching is Still a Huge Problem, New Evidence Shows

African elephants are being wiped out by poachers

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Study Hall: Winter 2016

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Chemists Discover Key to Improving Solar Power

Solar cells can be manufactured at a lower cost using crystals called perovskites instead of silicon

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Revealing the True Hunting Habits of Yankee Whalers

Scientists are getting clearer picture of the ecological impact of the 19th-century whaling industry

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Climate Change Fuels Significant Increase in US Forest Fires

Wildfires have been consuming forests in the western US at a devastating pace

Volcano
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The Secret Life of Volcanoes

Can a Columbia-led expedition to South America uncover the forces that drive one of its largest volcanoes?

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New Method for Storing CO2 is Rock-solid

Converting carbon dioxide into stone appears to be a safe way of sequestering carbon emissions

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Study Hall: Fall 2016

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Stars
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Is Anybody out There? Let’s do the Math

What are the chances of life existing on another planet? 

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