“What is it about food that makes it so appealing? We need to eat, we need to fuel ourselves, but why is it delicious?”
The Flavor Fanatic
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Kitchen Aid
In a sector eager to cut costs, Ryan Sinnet, PhD (BS ’07) has developed a solution. As cofounder and chief research officer at Miso Robotics in Pasadena, Sinnet sees the untapped potential of a human-robot workforce
Abe M. Zarem
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Why I Ate a Bug
Neuroscientist Sam Wang (BS ’86) became famous for his hobby—-analyzing elections. Like many others, he predicted Hillary Clinton would win. Wang was so confident in the data, he then made a promise he would have to fulfill…
The Manifold Man
How Ian Agol (BS ’92) put the finishing stroke on a three-decades-old grand vision of mathematics—for which he won the 2016 Breakthrough Prize.
From Earworms to Ebola
As a reporter for NPR’s science desk, Michaeleen Doucleff (BS ’98) is quickly gaining a reputation for journalism that ranges from quirky to daring.
Class Act: Chemistry 101
The Latest Advance in Gravitational-wave Astronomy
Caltech Launches New Autonomous Systems Research Center
CAST will unite engineers and scientists from many disciplines to advance research on robotics, drones, driverless cars, and machine learning
Helping the World in the Long Run
Roots & Branches
The Laureates
This year, four members of the Caltech community, including two alumni, were honored with Nobel Prizes — bringing Caltech’s alumni and faculty total to 38.