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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
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
A few weeks ago, Annie Hardy, of the long-running LA-based indie rock project Giant Drag, faked her own death as a dark online hoax. At the time, she wrote, “I thought if only for a second we could all shift dimensional realities together and maybe find new appreciation for one a
The French actor was grilled by Berry’s attorney, Marina Beck, during cross-examination Thursday, marking the fourth consecutive day of proceedings in their ongoing custody dispute and domestic vio…
Your family wants an AI to settle an old argument. Would you hand over the group chat?
A recurring family dispute has reached the point where nobody agrees on what was actually said. Your cousin proposes uploading five years of the family group chat to an AI that can reconstruct events, flag contradictions, and recommend a fair resolution. Nearly everyone agrees—but one relative refuses.
You match with a friend's ex from ten years ago. Do you need permission to go out?
A dating app matches you with someone your close friend dated seriously a decade ago. Both are now single and rarely speak, but the breakup was painful at the time. The match asks you to keep the first date private.