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The Price of Pixels

NFT platform founder Matt Lim, BS (BS ’17) on the future of the form

My Own Devices

Google privacy engineer Jeremy Gillula, PhD (BS ’06) on how protecting personal data became a priority—and what will shape the future of digital freedom

The United Nations predicts that 70% of the world’s population will live in urban centers in the next 30 years. The city of the future will need to function differently than it does today, and the change over the next three decades will be rapid.

The Lesson Plan {For AI}

How Advances in Edtech Can Help Ensure Educational Equity

Reef Relief

How Tom Goreau’s, PhD (MS ’72) electrifying technology is helping local communities rebuild the world’s coral reefs

The Flavor Fanatic

“What is it about food that makes it so appealing? We need to eat, we need to fuel ourselves, but why is it delicious?”

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

Corporations Could Be the Best Weapon in Combating Climate Change

2019 Issue, Transforming

An essay by Nicola Peill-Moelter (PhD ’97), Director of Sustainability Innovation at VMware.

#LifeAfterCaltech

2019 Issue, Community

Techers take over our Instagram account to share their life experiences and perspectives

Transformative Instrumentation

2019 Issue, Space, Transforming

Built close to the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, the W.M. Keck Observatory—powered by twin 10-meter optical telescopes, the largest of their kind—is one of the most influential ground-based observatories operating today.

What Innovation Will Define the Next Generation?

2019 Issue, Pioneering

How Ethan Frey is using cryptocurrency to address climate change

Touching the Sun

2019 Issue, Pioneering, Space

On August 12 at 3:31 a.m., NASA’s Parker Solar Probe left Earth on a mission to touch the sun.

The Grand Finale

2018 Issue, Pioneering

Cassini has revealed sights and never-before-seen phenomena that are changing our understanding of how planetary systems develop and evolve, and the extent of those environmental conditions that could create habitats for life.