St. Louis County Health Department offers tips for accurate home blood pressure monitoring, stressing the importance of avoiding certain activities before taking a measurement and maintaining proper posture and cuff placement for reliable results.

Phil Spencer is retiring after nearly 40 years at Microsoft. Asha Sharma will lead Microsoft Gaming while Matt Booty is promoted and Xbox president Sarah Bond departs.

Jonathan Haidt's book and public push have helped move age-based social media limits from debate into law and school policy. The science is contested and young people want a voice.

A Fort Collins neurologist pairs EEG headsets and AI to estimate "brain age," aiming to flag early dementia and seizure risk as new laws move to protect neural data.

Rev1 opened a 43,000‑square‑foot startup hub at The Peninsula in Franklinton, offering Founder Lounge, Scale‑Up Suites and programming aimed at software and AI founders. The move puts Rev1 closer to downtown customers and investors.

UT Austin will consolidate computer science, information and statistics into a School of Computing, hire about 50 faculty and open in Fall 2026.

CommercialCafe’s ranking puts Raleigh at No. 3 and Durham in the top 10, highlighting the Research Triangle’s job density, pay and company growth.

A new $70M, four-story health building opened at SHSU’s Conroe campus, centralizing graduate allied-health programs and simulation labs for hands-on training.

Stanford researchers report a nasal vaccine that blocked viruses, bacteria and allergens in mice. Human trials will require years of testing and funding.

Chris Spagnoletti takes over as Ursa Major CEO as the Berthoud firm ramps production and opens a 400‑acre test site in Weld County.

UT Arlington and Cook Children’s have launched a new pediatric brain center to push imaging, robotics and AI from the lab into care for epilepsy, cerebral palsy and autism.

San Diego’s Element Biosciences unveiled VITARI, a benchtop sequencer it says can deliver a whole genome for about $100. The launch comes as patent and antitrust fights with Illumina play out in federal court.

NASA’s Artemis II passed a second wet dress rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center, loading more than 700,000 gallons of propellant while keeping hydrogen leaks within safety limits.