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ALEX’s Holiday Gift Guide 2023

For gift-giving this year, we’re all about experiences that make memories for you and your loved ones! Read on for ALEX’s ideas on how to add a little sprinkle of science to your holiday gift-giving. Go Behind the Science Scene… Give the gift of a wildlife encounter! Zoo Atlanta has lots…

Science ATL's 2022 Holiday Gift Guide

Tis the season for science! Well, it’s always the season for science; but it’s also the time for gift giving, and why not infuse your holidays with a little local science? Check out some of our recommendations for making your loved ones’ season a little more science-y. For the Animal Lover Our…

Science of the Solstice: Why the Winter Solstice is an Astronomical Wonder to Behold

Each year on December 21, darkness envelops Earth’s Northern Hemisphere for a bit longer than normal. While what we now know to be the winter solstice has a straightforward astronomical explanation, early myths of why the solstice takes place also share insights into early civilizations’ steps…
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Uncovering Stories of Science in the Flint River

By Matt O’Shaughnessy Hannah Palmer comes from a town that disappeared. As a child growing up just south of Atlanta in Mountain View, she watched as the steady expansion of Atlanta’s airport slowly took over her neighborhood. The constant roar of jets made Mountain View one of the most…

Environmental Action, One Community at a Time

By Christina Buffo After Dr. Yomi Noibi wrote a newsletter article about toxic chemicals in waterways, the previous Executive Director of Environmental Community Action (ECO-Action) tore it up. Dr. Noibi had written the article following the usual practice taught by his extensive scientific training…
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The Comedy of Science

By Stella Mayerhoff While science and humor appear to be mutually exclusive fields, Dr. Lew Lefton, Faculty in the Department of Mathematics and Associate Vice President for Research Computing at Georgia Tech, has bridged these two seemingly distant worlds by performing science comedy and…

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