Columbia University
There's a New Plan to Stop Climate Change: Turn CO2 Emissions Into Stone
Under natural circumstance, carbon dioxide can take hundreds or thousands of years to turn into a mineral, but the scientists claim that 95 percent of the carbon dioxide they injected around 2,000 feet underground became harmless calcite in two years.
A Synthetic Biologist's Beautiful Palette of Bacteria Art
To synthetic biologist Tal Danino, bacteria provide all the primary colors an artist needs.
A College Student Reported Missing Actually Just Moved to Brooklyn
She apparently didn't want to go to school anymore.
Sådan fortolker kunstnere kærlighed i 2016
Udstillingen LOVE 2016 viser, hvordan 50 forskellige kunstnere fortolker kærligheden.
Dwindling Snowpack Around the World Threatens the Water Supply for 2 Billion People
Researchers at Columbia and Stanford universities say 97 of the world's freshwater basins are at risk of diminished supplies unless greenhouse gas emissions are reduced.
Just Because Antarctica Might Be Gaining Ice Doesn't Mean Climate Change Isn't Happening
A new NASA study says Antarctica is actually gaining ice — but scientists caution there's ample evidence that climate change is greatly impacting the southern continent.
Thomas Roma's Beautiful Photos of a Brooklyn Gay Cruising Ground
I talked to the artist about his process, what his subjects were looking for, and the complexities of photographing gay men of color as a white heterosexual man.
Scientists Say Climate Change Is Making California's Drought Even Worse
A new study found that high temperatures brought about by global warming probably made the drought 15 to 20 percent worse by sapping rivers and lakes, soil, and vegetation of moisture.
Skipping Breakfast Might Not Make You Fat After All
You can stop lapsing into an anxious sweat every day you miss your morning bowl of cereal, fearing imminent morbid obesity, heart disease, or excruciating constipation.
Meet the Young Artists Creating a K-Pop Boy Band with No Korean Members
Bora Kim is raising questions of race, masculinity, and the importance of teenage girls' taste.
Live Near A Fracking Site In Pennsylvania? You Might Be Going to the Hospital More Than Others
A study by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University found that hospitalization rates where higher in Pennsylvania counties with a large number of fracking wells than in a county without any fracking.