New research at Columbia University Medical Center reveals that signals sent by tongue’s taste cells prevent the brain from confusing bitter and sweet. The discovery provides new insights into how the tongue keeps its sense of taste organized despite the rapid turnover of the cells in its taste buds.
New research by Zuckerman Institute neuroscientist Charles Zuker shows how the brain recognizes familiar tastes despite high taste bud turnover.
For data science to be effectively used in different kinds of scientific research, data scientists must take a holistic view that fuses statistical and computational skills with human judgment, argues the Data Science Institute’s David Blei.
Steven Cohen, director of the Earth Institute, comments on a new climate report co-authored by Columbia University scientists that says “there are no alternative explanations” and “no natural cycles” that can explain the changes in the climate.
The Center for Science and Society welcomes two new postdoctoral research scholars in the Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience program and two new postdoctoral lecturers in History in the Making & Knowing Project.