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ScholarPeer’s latest research news and reporting from Columbia University. Columbia University is a research-intensive university with major strengths in medicine, neuroscience, engineering, climate science, data science, public health, and the social sciences. Its interdisciplinary research advances understanding of human health, the brain, Earth systems, technology, and society, with contributions spanning genomics, cancer, artificial intelligence, sustainable energy, and population health.

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Extreme Heat Is Spreading Into New Months

Phoenix logged zero out-of-season record-heat days in the 1980s and dozens by the 2020s, part of a lopsided worldwide shift pushing heat toward spring in some regions and fall in others.

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Depression May Stall the Brain’s Production of New Neurons

In the hippocampus, the brain’s memory hub, a stalled process of creating new neurons may explain why depression distorts how people interpret everyday experiences, blurring past rejections into present moments.