Kaylin Li SciTech Editor

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• rating chocolate chip cookies around and near campus

  yinz coffee
  rating: marvelous and amazing

  Pillbox | September 18, 2023
• Pulsars make waves in physics

  This summer, my social media feed was bombarded with information from a slew of different sources, all claiming the announcement of a new revolution in physics. The cause was a series of papers, all published together on July 28, announcing we were able to detect "the first ...

  SciTech | September 18, 2023
• Barbie

  The "Barbie" movie went viral this summer, and it's easy to see why. It's fun, funny, and charming, filled with bright colors, pretty people, and metacommentary (I'm mostly talking about that one scene where the writers called out Margot Robbie for being too pretty). It's a relatively quick watch at one hour and 54 minutes, but very enjoyable.

  Pillbox | September 11, 2023
• Asians against affirmative action undermine the greater fight for equality

  On June 29, the Supreme Court ruled against affirmative action in two cases. And worst of all, Asian Americans helped. This is because both cases, SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. UNC were perpetrated by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), a group primarily made up of Asian Americans. It was also started by a white conservative (and arguably a whi...

  Forum | September 11, 2023
• SciTech Roundup 9/11

  Welcome back to another year! For new readers, SciTech Roundup is a weekly section featuring Carnegie Mellon research and other recent science and technology news. If you'd like to contribute, we'd love to hear from you at scitech@thetartan.org.

  Robots learn how to dress

  SciTech | September 11, 2023