Columbia Scientist
Edition 4 · Fall 2025
Thirteen pieces on space mining and empire, quantum error correction, griefbots, avian flu, and the sex bias buried in a century of animal behavior research.
CoverOn the Diversity of Pigeons, by Lauren Chen, Syosset High School. White gel pen.
Table of contents
- 7The Second Race for Space: Colonialism Déjà Vu on the Anthropocene FrontierSpace
- 11Google’s Willow: Pioneering the Future of Quantum ChipsQuantum Computing
- 14Brain AneurysmNeuroscience
- 15The Elephant in the Room is Female: Sex Bias in Behavioral ScienceBehavioral Science
- 18How AI is Helping Scientists Make Discoveries in Battery ScienceArtificial Intelligence
- 20Griefbots, a New Ethical DilemmaTechnoethics
- 24A Human Creation or a Cosmic Constant?Physics and Space
- 26Microbial Medicine: Treating Inflammatory Skin DiseasesMedicine
- 29The Brain’s Quantum Code: Why Neuroscience Needs to Embrace the Physics of ConsciousnessQuantum Physics
- 32A Flightless Future: How Will Avian Flu Impact the US?Epidemiology
- 35NurdlesEnvironment
- 37Inflammation: The Hidden Culprit Behind Memory LossDisease
- 39Societal Pressures and Gendered Aging: How Expectations Around Pregnancy Contribute to Women’s Increased Development of Alzheimer’s DiseaseMedicine
All work in this edition is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. Copyright is retained by the authors.