Figure’s humanoid robot just got a major speed boost for warehouse work
Figure AI has just unveiled a significant update to its humanoid robot’s capabilities, showcasing a new level of performance in logistics and warehouse environments. The company’s latest advancements are powered by its AI system, Helix, which enables the robot to handle complex tasks like sorting packages on a conveyor belt with impressive speed and dexterity…
GHS announces plan to procure Mpox vaccines
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced plans to procure Mpox vaccines in response to the rising number of human-to-human transmissions of the disease in the country. According to the Director of Public Health at the GHS, Dr Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, efforts are underway to identify high-risk groups for vaccination in order to curb the spread…
Finneas Says He Was Tear-Gassed During ‘Very Peaceful’ ICE Protest in L.A.
“Fuck ICE,” the musician posted in his Instagram stories and shared a GI Rights hotline…
Like humans, AI is forcing institutions to rethink their purpose
Like people undergoing cognitive migration, institutions must reassess what they were made for in this age of AI…
Supreme Court sides with Catholic charity in religious-rights case over unemployment taxes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The high court said the state’s tax decisions created an advantage for groups with a more overtly religious tone in their daily work, a violation of the First Amendment. The post Supreme Court sides with Catholic charity in religious-rights case over unemployment taxes appeared first on RNS…
Gastruloids enable modeling of the earliest stages of human cardiac and hepatic vascularization | Science
Although model organisms have provided insight into the earliest stages of cardiac and hepatic vascularization, we know very little about this process in humans because of ethical restrictions and the technical difficulty of obtaining embryos during very …
NASA Provides Hardware for Space Station DNA Repair Experiment
When it comes to helping NASA scientists better understand the effects of space travel on the human body, fruit flies are the heavyweights of experiments in weightlessness. Because humans and fruit flies share a lot of similar genetic code, they squeeze a lot of scientific value into a conveniently small…
Nuclear Weapon Strike Decisions Could Come Down to Human Suggestibility
Surveys show that how nuclear strike options are presented strongly influences the decision a president may make…