Kaylin Li SciTech Editor
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Getting America vaccinated at Warp Speed
In the early days of the pandemic, many worried about the status of their hospitalized loved ones and hoped that treatments for their symptoms would emerge. But health officials were already beginning to look further than simply therapeutics for COVID-19 symptoms: in January 2020 during the Trump administration, they established a project called ["Operation Warp Speed" (OWS)](https://public3.pagef...
SciTech | May 2, 2022 -
DALL-E, the OpenAI project that can generate images from words
Named after animated robot WALL-E and painter Salvador Dali, DALL-E is the newest AI technology that both inspires and concerns researchers. DALL-E is a technology made by OpenAI, an artificial intelligence research lab co-founded by Elon Musk and many others. DALL-E can generate images upon written request — if you give it a phrase such as "a painting of a fox sitt...
SciTech | April 25, 2022 -
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What happens to recycling in Pittsburgh?
For most Pittsburgh residents, recycling day just means you throw all your plastics, cardboard, and glass into a blue bag or bin on the sidewalk and wait for the next week you have recycling. But what happens to the items after you leave them on the sidewalk? How much of it is really recycled, and how much of it is thrown away?
SciTech | April 4, 2022