Beverage companies such as Olipop have been adding fibers to their products to help improve gut health. Courtesy of Brad via Unsplash In a world with a looming fear of bacteria and their aversive ...

There’s a new sort of chess. It’s flashy, it’s exciting. It’s called Freestyle Chess, or Chess960, or Fischer Random Chess, depending on who you ask. It was invented in 1996, by chess genius Bobby ...

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There runs amidst the rocky slopes a quiet, burbling rill And in this part of Schenley Park where stones are slick with mist, A most peculiar creature is reputed to exist A man of steel! Or iron, ...

The West opens with a marquee matchup as the young Houston Rockets take on the battle‑hardened Golden State Warriors. Houston’s core — headlined by Jalen Green (21.0 PPG) and DPOY contender Amen ...

Students in the Gordon Group are testing the DM-Chem model by looking at other foggy regions of the world, such as over the Atlantic Ocean. Natalie Koch/ Photo Editor The Tartan spoke to Dr. Gordon to ...

Students at Carnegie Mellon University are organizing a petition advocating for an increase in gender studies courses. It has garnered over 260 signatures — from every college at Carnegie Mellon — and ...

In case you haven’t heard, there’s a silly someone behind the scenes of a certain Carnegie Mellon Instagram meme account. I’m talking about the one and only @cmufunny account manager, who takes time ...

Every spring, like clockwork, a curious thing happens in Pittsburgh — the temperatures rise, Primantis drops a new sandwich, and the Pirates give us a glitter of hope with a near .500 record. A whole ...

A new podcast is taking Carnegie Mellon by storm. Creative writing junior Dylan Courtney started the Booked podcast earlier last September. She was passionate about creating a platform where students ...

A small trash fire was reported smoldering in a trash receptacle near Doherty Hall. FMS extinguished the fire with a portable extinguisher. No police action was taken. CMUPD responded to a call from ...

More baseball? Yes, you heard it here, folks. After so many weeks of hearing people constantly asking and asking (no one asked), I finally have another riveting baseball take for you all. My dear ...