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Are we alone? (Credit Alternative Earths Astrobiology Center, UCR)

Scientists may need to rethink their estimates for how many planets outside our solar system could host a rich diversity of life in light of the discovery that a buildup of toxic gases in the atmospheres of most planets makes them unfit for complex life as we know it.

Matt Baker and Joe Rabinoff

The journal Research in the Mathematical Sciences has selected a paper coauthored by Georgia Tech mathematicians Matthew Baker and Joseph Rabinoff as one of the inaugural recipients of its Best Article Award.

Phil Ackerman, professor, Psychology

The 2019 Julius E. Uhlaner Award for outstanding contributions
in research on military selection and recruitment from the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 19 has been awarded to Phillip Ackerman's Knowledge and Skill Lab.

Michael Evans

Michael Evans is the freshman chemistry laboratory coordinator in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry. In this essay, originally published in The Xylom, he examines the challenges in research in chemistry education. 

Elena Shinohara (By Georgia Tech)

Biochemistry major Elena Shinohara keeps a disciplined life to maintain her status as a world-class rhythmic gymnast.

School of Psychology Professor Christopher Hertzog

Christopher Hertzog, a professor in the School of Psychology who studies age-related declines in memory and cognition, has been chosen by the Gerontological Society of America for its 2019 Distinguished Career Contribution to Gerontology Award.