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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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Reduced Snowfall Could Cause Water Shortages for 2 Billion People

A Columbia study is the first to assess the risks posed by diminished snowfall across the Northern Hemisphere

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In Cooking Their Books, Corporate Accountants Like a Good Recipe

Repeated errors may be crafty means of inflating income

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Flash-Forward

If you think snapping high-definition pictures on your smartphone is the pinnacle of digital photography, think again

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Getting the Low-Down on Land Grabs

Over the past decade, countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean have sold or leased millions of acres of state-controlled farmland to foreign interests 

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Launch Code

Astronaut Tim Kopra ’13BUS circles the planet sixteen times a day. What on Earth propels him?

"Marcus G. Langseth" research vessel
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The Laws of Subduction

The Marcus G. Langseth gathers seismic data under the ocean

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In an Ancient Workshop, Discovering Modern Ideas

Graduate students are gaining insights into the mindset of Renaissance craftsmen by reproducing their wares

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Study Hall: Winter 2015

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Sinking Prospects

A new study predicts that the height and duration of floods along the East Coast will increase dramatically by 2100

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Navigating Nairobi

Researchers have created the first map of Nairobi’s main transit system

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Data's Dividends

At Columbia’s Data Institute, teams of sociologists, economists, social workers, and data scientists are using computational methods to tackle life's big questions

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The Case of the Big Rock in the Wrong Spot

Geologists working in the Cape Verde islands have found evidence to back up a controversial theory

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