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What a fantastic movie and discussion last night at the New York Academy of Medicine 👏🏼♥️🙏🏻 Well said: we are ALL in this TOGETHER! #Science @Columbia @Princeton
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Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.
-- Carl Sagan
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Spent the day yesterday speaking with a few hundred students at the Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics HS about nuclear weapons and #nuclearban. Many thanks to Ms. Jung and all of the other teachers for hosting me! #peace #education
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1/ On June 12, 1982, over 1 million people converged in Central Park and marched on to the UN demanding an end to nuclear weapons. The largest protest in American history, the rally brought together hundreds of organizations united for global peace.
44 years later, that call is still urgent.
#NuclearBan #CentralParkRally
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Jun 10
Not that anybody asked, but the last time the @NYKnicks won a championship, the Periodic Table had 11-percent fewer Elements.
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Let’s celebrate excellence! Congratulations to the recipients of the @Columbia 2026 Natural Sciences Faculty Awards. A massive shoutout to our own Dr. Amanda Quirk, and former lecturers Kathryn, Paul and Dustin, for their incredible dedication to our academic community! 🩷
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Tomorrow, we're announcing the astronauts flying aboard Artemis III, the mission that will test rendezvous and docking capabilities with commercial lunar landers in low Earth orbit.
If you could ask the Artemis III astronauts any question, what would you ask them?
ALT NASA's Artemis II mission lifts off atop the orange Space Launch System rocket from the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. White, pillowy plumes fill the bottom half of the photo; a dark blue evening sky fills the top half. Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber
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Jun 8
This #WorldOceansDay we remember the lasting damage done by US nuclear testing in the Bikini Atoll and throughout the Pacific.
Our oceans are at the frontlines of the nuclear age, from nuclear testing, to nuclear armed submarines, waste contamination, and missiles lost at sea.
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The Endless Frontier follows scientists working across human health, ocean science, & emerging technology while examining how the American research system functions in practice & what erosion of that system could mean for innovation, health, and economic progress.
RSVP. June 15!
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Congratulations to Prof. Martin Chalfie @Columbia for receiving the Michael Pupin Medal for service to the nation in science, technology, or engineering ,at the @columbiaseasalumni @columbiaengineering dinner last night!
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This Friday, tune in to the World Science Festival YouTube as Brian Greene sits down with legendary physicist Leonard Susskind for a fascinating conversation about black holes, string theory, quantum mechanics, and the mysteries of the universe.
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LIVE: We're sharing the latest updates on @NASAMoonBase, our lunar habitat where astronauts will work and live. x.com/i/broadcasts/1OxwbbnNo…
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On Tuesday, June 9, we’ll announce the four astronauts who will orbit Earth aboard the @NASAArtemis III mission!
Watch our live event at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 UTC) to find out who will test the docking capabilities necessary for crewed Moon landings: nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-t…
ALT The Artemis II mission patch is seen on the right shoulder of four orange Orion Crew Survival System suits on Jan. 17, 2026, in the suit-up room of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission patch contains imagery of the Moon and the Earth. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
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May 17
The heart’s constant beating may actively suppress tumor growth in cardiac tissues, a new Science study reports. This is because cellular pathways in these tissues alter gene regulation in cancer cells to keep them from proliferating.
The findings shed light on the role of mechanical forces in protecting the heart from cancer and may pave the way to new cancer therapies based on mechanical stimulation.
Learn more: scim.ag/4cWFImV
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"When I draw a molecule in China or in Argentina, it is the same molecule. People understand immediately without knowing Spanish or Chinese. That is beautiful. Our common goal is not about power or borders of the country, it is about bringing forward human knowledge."
- Ben Feringa, awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
ALT Portrait of Ben Feringa. He is smiling and he is holding a molecular model.
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May 12
"Build your opinion on facts, data and knowledge.”
Chemistry laureate Ben Feringa stresses the importance of evidence-based beliefs both inside and outside the scientific-community.
Watch the full student roundtable here: youtu.be/pE0PB9AayGY
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If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music... I get most joy in life out of music.
- A. Einstein
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Iconic British naturalist David Attenborough, whose work has shaped science for decades, turns 100 today
go.nature.com/4f9c9zQ
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