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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.…
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
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
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
After Rachael Kirkconnell and Shane Parton, who was on Taylor Frankie Paul’s unaired Bachelorette season, fueled dating rumors, the Bachelor alum addressed their relationship status.
Aviv Shapira, the CEO of Xtend, says the company has sent 10,000 drones to the Israel Defense Forces since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. “It’s not a gamification," he says. "It’s more of a modernization.”
She got to torment Don Draper in Mad Men and has just won an Emmy for DTF St Louis. But nothing prepared the star for all the gore as she switched to horror with the Friday the 13th prequel
The company printer sits idle all day. Can you print two hundred wedding invitations?
Your office has a fast color printer that is rarely used, and supplies are ordered automatically. Printing your wedding invitations after hours would save substantial money. Personal use is technically prohibited but routinely ignored for small jobs.
A stranger is behaving horribly in public. Do you record them?
You witness a stranger berating a service worker in public. Recording could create accountability and protect the worker, but posting the video could expose everyone involved to a permanent online audience.