What's Inside the Fall 2024 Issue of Caltech Magazine

Features

Journeys to the Past: Isotope geochemistry is helping scientists reveal secrets about the molecular histories of Earth, the cosmos, the human body, and more. 

An Intriguing Red Planet Rock: The Mars Perseverance rover has found a “compelling” rock that could indicate the planet hosted microbial life billions of years ago.

The 2024 Distinguished Alumni: Meet this year’s awardees: David Brin (BS ’73), Louise Chow (PhD ’73), Bill Coughran (BS, MS ’75), and Timothy M. Swager (PhD ’88). 

The Evolution of Trolling: A new theoretical framework explains why social media discourse can be so toxic. 

Inside Look: Joe Parker: Step into the office of this evolutionary biologist, whose research nest is filled with real—and illustrated— insects. 

Ripples from the Heart: Mory Gharib (PhD ’83) has leveraged his aerospace expertise to tease out some of the heart’s greatest secrets and use them to develop life-saving medical devices.

The Lab in the Sky Says Goodbye: A NASA DC-8 airplane that carried Caltech students around the globe for science has been retired.

Other Sections

In the Community: Making a Chemistry Connection 

Origins: A Feline Predator in Arms Lab 

SoCaltech: John Hopfield wins Nobel Prize; Odes to Ingenuity; Activism through imagery; and more.

In Memoriam 

Endnotes: What does the Caltech Honor Code mean to you?