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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.…
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
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
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
“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,”
Madison Square Garden was the epicenter of last season’s once-in-a-lifetime New York supernova. Outside the arena at the beginning of the Knicks’ title defense, diehards tried to figure out how to follow the act.
The prettiest trees on your street are ecological troublemakers. Do they come down?
A row of mature flowering trees defines a neighborhood and provides valuable shade. Ecologists identify them as invasive and recommend replacing them with native saplings that will take decades to grow.
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.