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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.…
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
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
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
W. H. Lung are calling it a day, at least for now. The Manchester dance-rockers have been around for a decade now, and they became a Stereogum Band To Watch on the strength of their 2021 sophomore album Vanities. Their most recent LP Every Inch Of Earth Pulsates came out in 2024.
Jenna Ortega, best known for portraying Addams Family daughter Wednesday on this hit Netflix series, revealed why she wants to distance herself from the iconic character by stepping away from TV.
A pill can erase your most painful memory without changing anything else. Do you take it?
A safe new treatment can remove the emotional pain attached to one chosen memory while leaving the factual memory intact. Losing the pain might bring enormous relief, but the experience shaped your relationships, choices, and sense of who you are.
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.