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The World’s Oceans Are Acidifying Faster Than in the Past 300 Million Years Due to Emissions

The World’s Oceans Are Acidifying Faster Than in the Past 300 Million Years Due to Emissions

Researchers at Columbia University released a report yesterday detailing their discovery that human-generated emissions are causing the world’s oceans to acidify faster than they have in the past

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Architect Steven Holl Unveils Design for Campbell Sports Center at Columbia University

Architect Steven Holl Unveils Design for Campbell Sports Center at Columbia University

For years we’ve reported on Steven Holl‘s new projects popping up all over the world, and now we’re happy to report that the architect is returning to the Big Apple, bringing with him a

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Polymorphic: Columbia Students Unveil a Transforming Kinetic Bench

Polymorphic: Columbia Students Unveil a Transforming Kinetic Bench

Ten architecture students from Columbia University GSAPP recently completed Polymorphic, a bench inspired by the kinetic action of a see-saw and the reverberating motion of a slinky. Charlie Able, Alexis

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$1 Pocket-Sized Blood Lab Can Accurately Detect HIV

$1 Pocket-Sized Blood Lab Can Accurately Detect HIV

A credit card-sized plastic chip created by researchers at Columbia University could radically increase the availability of diagnostic tests able to identify HIV and syphillis in the developing world. The

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Inhabitat Founder Jill Fehrenbacher Speaks at Columbia Tomorrow!

Inhabitat Founder Jill Fehrenbacher Speaks at Columbia Tomorrow!

Hey New York Inhabitat Readers! We’re excited to announce that tomorrow, April 1st, our very own founder Jill Fehrenbacher will be speaking at Columbia University about the creation of Inhabitat and

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Inhabitat Founder Jill Fehrenbacher Speaks at Columbia This Thursday!

Inhabitat Founder Jill Fehrenbacher Speaks at Columbia This Thursday!

HEY NEW YORK INHABITAT READERS! Ever wondered about how Inhabitat got started, or what we’re planning to do next? If you want to learn more about the history of Inhabitat and founder Jill

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Scientists Grow Human Bones from Liposuctioned Fat

Scientists Grow Human Bones from Liposuctioned Fat

Growing plants can be tricky enough, but growing bones seems altogether impossible. Yet that’s exactly what scientists at Columbia University recently accomplished. A group led by Gordana

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Could we solve global warming by sucking CO2 from the air?

Could we solve global warming by sucking CO2 from the air?

Imagine for a moment that we could buy ourselves some time in this climate change debacle by vacuuming greenhouse gas emissions out of the sky. Sucking CO2 from the atmosphere might be the ultimate green

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Announcing the White House Redux Design Competition!

Announcing the White House Redux Design Competition!

What if the White House, the ultimate architectural symbol of political power, were to be designed today? Over two hundred years ago the winning design of an 18th century architecture competition became

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