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Scientists have created robots the size of a pencil tip intended to travel through the body to deliver medicine to infections inside a beating heart. The bots, designed to replace risky open-heart surgery and ineffective IV-drug therapy to treat life-threatening heart infections, could also be used to less invasively and more precisely treat other hard-to-reach diseases, including cancer. “With just a little…
Consumers who buy Affordable Care Act health insurance are going to see changes both big and small as open enrollment for 2027 coverage kicks off. These include premium increases, possible additional identity checks, potential delays in working with a broker, and new limits on which immigrants can get subsidies. Shoppers need to plan accordingly. Open enrollment starts Nov. 1 in most states. Idaho, Connecticut, and…
Halloween excitement, not sugar, may be behind your child’s “sugar rush,” experts say. Your child eats a handful of Halloween candy and suddenly seems to be bouncing off the walls. It may be tempting to blame the sugar, but there could be a simpler explanation: Halloween is exciting. Kids are dressing up, running around the neighborhood, seeing friends, and coming home with a haul of treats they don’t usually have.…
In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I explain how to develop a rational supplementation protocol tailored to your specific needs, nutrition and budget. I discuss foundational supplements and single-ingredient supplements for sleep, hormone support and cognitive enhancement a
Polling is facing an existential crisis. People aren't picking up the phone. Nobody wants to talk to pollsters. Trust is on the line. We pluck a solution from the economics canon and convince a polling firm to let us test it. Today on the show, we head to Marist College — home of
My guest today is Bill Gates, co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft and chairman of the Gates Foundation. You may have noticed Bill in the news more lately — he’s been on something of a tour for the past few months talking about AI risk, and how crucial it is that we start takin
Giddy up as Bravo heads South in the first look at new reality show Small Town Trouble: Texas starring Boerne Belles Aaryn Williams, Alli McAnelly, Annari Uys, Gabby Hernandez Huffman and Hailey Head.
For more something like a decade and a half, if not longer, Cloud Nothings have been among the most consistent forces on the indie rock landscape. But maybe they’re itching to get out of that landscape and explore some different ones. These days, Cloud Nothings record for Pure No
His ex-wife’s memoir and Marc Eliot’s gossipy biography paint a full portrait of a complicated man—someone for whom “the element of danger was as necessary to his survival as breathing.”
You are training the software that may replace your team. Do you warn them?
A manager is asked to help test software that could eliminate several jobs on their team. Leadership insists the project is uncertain and confidential, while employees are making major financial decisions.
One friend is rich, one is broke, and everyone ordered differently. How do you split dinner?
A group of longtime friends traditionally divides restaurant bills equally. Their incomes have grown increasingly unequal, and one friend now declines gatherings because even their share is difficult to afford while others order without thinking about price.