Junction, an API to link health wearables with labs, raises $18M

Medical devices, wearables — we are all familiar with them. But are they linked in any way to the healthcare system and the databases that are supposed to keep us healthy? The answer in most cases is no, they are not. Vital, which is rebranding to “Junction”, provides a single…

Astronaut turned to AI to inspire design of SpaceX Crew-10 mission patch

In what might be a first in spaceflight history, the next crew to launch to the International Space Station has adopted a mission patch that began with ideas generated by an AI (artificial intelligence). The use of a computer system to perform a task that has usually required human creatively…

Tim Hardaway doubles down: ‘I think Bol Bol has the same abilities as Victor Wembanyama’

Tim Hardaway: I tell you this: I think Bol Bol has the same abilities as Victor Wembanyama. I think Bol just hasn’t had the opportunity to show it, for whatever reason. But I see the same athletic ability in Bol that Wemby has. I don’t know if it’s confidence. I…

Morgan Wallen Knows That He Must Remain Sober (But Will He?)

Reading Time: 3 minutes Morgan Wallen needs to stay sober and out of trouble. But will he? Some people seem to get unlimited “second” chances. And one troubled country singer is hoping that he’s one of them. After his racist slur scandal and his most recent arrest, he’d love a…

Get To Know The Singer & ‘Better Man’ Star

Reading Time: 5 minutes Robbie Williams is British pop royalty, and he was hoping to score a worldwide hit with his recent biopic Better Man. Robbie’s movie may not have been a box office smash, but steadily drumming up global word of mouth, even from people who have never heard…

Merck launches new $1B U.S. vaccine plant (MRK:NYSE)

Sundry Photography/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Merck (NYSE:MRK) on Tuesday announced the opening of a new 225,000-square-foot facility constructed through a $1B investment to boost the company’s vaccine production in the U.S. The maker of Gardasil and Gardasil 9 vaccines argued that the new plant, located in Source link

Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories

In a sweeping interview, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, outlined a strategy for containing the measles outbreak in West Texas that strayed far from mainstream science, relying heavily on fringe theories about prevention and treatments. He issued a muffled call for vaccinations in the affected…

Building bridges in physics | ScienceDaily

Researchers at Osaka University show that Cartan’s First Structure Equation, which relates to edge and screw dislocations in crystal lattices, can be recast in the same form as a basic mathematical formula that governs the behavior of electric currents and magnetic fields. This work can help make new concepts more…

Bitcoin’s $100K Call Takes the Crown From $120K Bet as Most Popular Options Play on Deribit

The recent crypto market downturn has caused the once-popular $120,000 bitcoin (BTC) options bet to lose its crown to the $100,000 bet in a sign that traders are reassessing their bullish expectations. At press time, the $100,000 call was the most popular BTC options contract on the exchange, boasting a…