When you would have thought about a futuristic watch maybe a decade ago, you would probably imagine that you could use it to open doors, direct you through a city abroad you have never been to or have your car drive to you in “Knight Rider”-style. That has all become a reality with today’s smart watches. Fortunately, there are also some watchmakers that thought that it was possible to create futuristic watches that are mechanical. It is their design, unusual complications and/or use of exotic and innovative materials that set them apart.
Daily Archives: July 11, 2017
John F. Kennedy Lived With More Pain Than We Realized
A re-evaluation of JFK’s health history and medical records paints a portrait a man who had to endure a surprising amount of physical discomfort throughout his short life. As president, he did his best to hide his misery from the public—no small miracle, given just how much pain he was forced to endure.
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The First Gonorrhea Vaccine May Be on The Horizon
Vaccines are one of the most important advances in the history of medicine. They’ve helped humankind more or less eliminate smallpox, and kicked measles out of the Americas with the exception of folks who’ve decided to believe a retracted, manipulated, widely-criticized study of twelve children. Vaccines are good.
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Your Eyeballs May Be Covered in Disease-Fighting Bacteria
If the eyes are windows to the soul, they’re open windows, potentially letting in all kinds of unwelcome bugs. To ensure that doesn’t happen, our tears are loaded with microbe-killing compounds and immune cells. In fact, our eyes are so inhospitable that it was long thought they were the only part of our bodies which lacked a symbiotic bacterial community. But now, scientists have found evidence of a once-inconceivable ocular microbiome—and it may help eyes fight off disease.
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