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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.…
We’re hearing a ton about the marvels of testosterone from influencers, celebrities, and even government officials. They say we should be thinking about our T levels, topping them off with extra if they’re too low. And we’re told that the benefits of testosterone are HUGE: that w
OTM producer, Molly Rosen, has been on a mission to find out what technology her two-year-old kid will confront when he’s old enough to go to school. In a recent interview she did with a New Yorker staff writer, Jessica Winter, about how AI chatbots are infiltrating schools, Moll
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
Mom alum French Stewart praised costar Anna Faris for their time working together on the Chuck Lorre sitcom following the producer's comments about the actress' reputation in his memoir.
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.”
“Hi, I’m Taylor.” That was the plot twist. Until the moment that Taylor Swift introduced herself to Tim McGraw, immediately after singing the song “Tim McGraw” to him, I hadn’t even considered the possibility that Taylor Swift hadn’t met Tim McGraw. For all I knew, “Tim McGraw,”
Your ex's streaming password still works. When does borrowing become stealing?
Months after a friendly breakup, your television remains logged into your ex's streaming account. They have never mentioned it, the service allows several screens, and your viewing does not increase their monthly bill.
A stranger rings up fancy apples as the cheap kind. Do you mind your own business?
At self-checkout, the shopper beside you labels expensive organic apples as the cheapest variety. An employee is distracted nearby. The difference is only a few dollars, the store is a huge chain, and the shopper notices that you noticed.