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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

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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

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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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Airfare for the Common Man

Artist and peace activist Namira Salim '96SIPA buys a ticket to space

A black hole
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New Starry Night

A physics professor has developed optics technology that could enable astronomers to study black holes that have never been seen clearly before

Craftsmen in Accra, Ghana learning how to build bicycle frames out of bamboo
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Pedals, Chutes & Leaves

Columbia researchers help cyclists in Africa build sturdier bikes using locally available resources

Moon
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A Fall of Moondust

An astronomer offers an explanation for mysterious putts of light on the lunar surface

Death Valley
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Water Wars

A drought as severe as the 1930s Dust Bowl could ignite conflicts over water, scientists say

Illustration by James O'Brien of a hand placing a star on the top of a building
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Study Briefs From Columbia Researchers

A new paper on "superstar cities," and more

Headphones
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Is This Thing On?

Electrical engineering professor Dan Ellis creates a "life log"

Columbia environmental scientist Wade McGillis, center, helps graduate students install wind-sending equipment atop the Hans Christian Anderson School in Harlem
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A Nose for the Truth

Environmental scientists solve a smelly mystery

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Breaking News

Wall Street puts the squeeze on newspapers trying to move to the Internet

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Computer, Heal Thyself

Associate professor Angelos Keromytis has developed a way for computers to automatically fix security breaches

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Fire on the Horizon

Researchers make a major discovery concerning faraway planet Upsilon Andromeda b

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Star Power

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