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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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Women Earn Half as Much After Having Children, Finds New Study

Columbia researchers calculate the true price of motherhood

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Drones and AI Are New Recruits in Battle Against Land Mines

The technology locates explosives faster and more safely than treacherous manual methods

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Professor Louis Brus Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The scientist was recognized for developing quantum dots, infinitesimal man-made crystals with special optical properties

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What Triggers Male Rage? Betta Fish May Hold Clues

A Columbia neurobiologist fishes for an aggression gene

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Could AI Mend a Broken Heart?

Inward, cofounded by Ying Laohachewin ’15BUS, brings the healing power of support groups to your phone

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A Columbia Climate Scientist Reviews Autumn in New York

Mukund Palat Rao ’20GSAS discusses this year's foliage outlook and how a warming planet may affect future seasons

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Saluting Marie Tharp, the Trailblazing Scientist Whose Maps Shook the World

The Columbia cartographer’s discovery of undersea rift valleys helped seal the theory of continental drift

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Is America in Moral Decline?

Columbia researchers say the actual data on decency will surprise you

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Science & Technology

Stargaze with Columbia Astronomers

Columbia Astronomy Public Outreach wants everyone to experience the wonders of the universe

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Science & Technology

Mud, Dung, Banana Fiber: Why Natural Building Materials Are Making a Comeback

Columbia researchers led by Lola Ben-Alon are looking to the ancient past for greener, cleaner alternatives to concrete and steel

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It Takes a Flock: What Songbirds Can Teach Us about Strong Bonds

Columbia scientists shed new light on how superb starling communities survive and thrive

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Survey: 3 out of 4 Chinese-Americans Experience Racism

A surge of prejudice that emerged in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic does not seem to be abating

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