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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
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
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
It’s official: A new Chvrches album is on the way. The Scottish synthpop trio released Screen Violence, their most recent LP, in 2021. Since then, lead singer Lauren Mayberry has gone solo, and so has Martin Doherty with his new project the Leaving. Last month, Chvrches came back
Kristen Bell shared the challenges she and husband Dax Shepard are facing as their daughters Lincoln, 13, and Delta, 11, enter a new stage of their lives: "It’s brutal. I cry weekly."
An AI wrote the perfect condolence message for you. Is it still from the heart?
Your friend is grieving. You want to reach out, but words fail you, so you ask an AI to draft a condolence message. It expresses exactly what you feel. You revise it and send it without mentioning the help.
The sign says twelve items and you have fourteen. Is the express lane still yours?
The regular checkout lines are long and the express lane is empty. You count fourteen small items, two over the posted limit. A shopper approaches behind you carrying a single carton of milk as the cashier waves you forward.