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Undergraduate major relocated
The incoming class of 2017 admitted to the School of Computer Science will now be able to pick Computational Biology as a primary major.
Intense thought for precision riflery
In How Things Work this week, learn about the techniques involved in precision riflery.
Electronic voting machines are vulnerable to hackers
A discussion of the security risks involved in making the transition to electronic voting machines.
Water main tanks in the Mall to collect drainage
Water tanks installed in the Mall move CMU's campus closer to the ideal of sustainability
SciTech Briefs
This week's briefs cover encryption by Facebook Messenger, Hurricane Matthew, infant brain flexibility, adhesive pads of geckos, discovery of a prehistoric shark species and warming of the Earth.