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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
What does it truly cost a human being to lead a nation through an existential war while the world watches from afar? President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reveals the psychological toll of continuous survival, the grim realities of geopolitical negotiation, and what keeps him still stand
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
Artist Es Devlin transformed the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court for the second annual event, which brought more than 850 figures from the worlds of art, fashion, film, and British society to Bloomsbury.
You are vegetarian, but the leftover steak is headed for the trash. Do you eat it?
A vegetarian avoids buying meat because of animal welfare concerns. At work events, untouched meat is routinely thrown away, and eating it would neither increase demand nor cause another animal to be harmed.
The stadium can ban violent fans by scanning every face at the gate. Would you walk in?
A stadium can use facial recognition to identify people banned for violence and shorten security lines. Every visitor would be scanned, error rates are not zero, and the resulting biometric data could become useful to police or advertisers.