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From Celebs to Everyone: Full-Body Scans Now Affordable
Function Health, a health startup that offers blood testing, just bought a company called Ezra, which does full-body MRI scans. With this new deal, Function has launched a 22-minute full-body scan that only costs $499. This is a big deal because Ezra’s cheapest scan used to cost $1,495 and took 30 minutes.
Function already gives its members over 160 different blood tests each year for $499. Now, by adding MRI scans, the company says it can provide a more complete view of a person’s health. Blood tests and scans work well together. What one can’t find, the other can.
The Motherhood Village: A New Space Built for Moms by Moms.
There is a new place in Coral Springs, Florida, made just for moms, by moms. It is called The Motherhood Village, and it was created by Nicole Cumberbatch, a local entrepreneur and mom. She started it as a podcast and a resource center, but now it’s a big 5,000-square-foot wellness center for families.
The center is made for babies, toddlers, and school-aged kids. It has a STEM lab, a café, and a co-working space. Moms can work or relax while a nanny watches their kids. It is designed to help moms feel less stressed and more supported.
Self-Driving Cars Are Growing Fast And Waymo Leads the Way.
Waymo, a company owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, is growing fast in the self-driving car world. Right now, Waymo is using 1,500 self-driving Jaguar I-PACE cars in cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix, and Austin. Each week, they complete over 250,000 paid rides. Now, Waymo says it will more than double its fleet to 3,500 cars by the end of next year.
Waymo builds its self-driving cars in a big factory in Mesa, Arizona. It works with a company called Magna to put its special “Waymo Driver” system into electric Jaguar I-PACE SUVs. Waymo plans to build more than 2,000 new I-PACE cars in 2025. It also wants to use this technology in other cars like the Zeekr RT.
Sundance Film Festival Returns to Mexico City in 2025.
It’s official! The Sundance Film Festival is coming back to Mexico City in 2025. The event will happen from May 29 to June 1, and it will be held again for at least two more years, in 2026 and 2027.
This film festival is one of the most famous in the world for showing independent films. That means movies made outside of big Hollywood studios. These films often have new stories, fresh ideas, and rising talent.
Celebrating 20 Years of Latin Music Hits.
In 2025, a lot of hit songs from 2005 will be turning 20 years old. That year was really big for Latin music. Reggaeton became super popular, emo music was rising, and Shakira had a huge year breaking music records.
By 2005, many Latin artists who started in the 1990s and early 2000s were becoming famous around the world. Shakira, the Colombian pop star, had already impressed fans with her English album Laundry Service in 2001. But in 2005, she dropped a Spanish album called Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 with big songs like “La Tortura” and “No.” This album made history by being the highest-debuting Spanish-language album on the Billboard charts.
