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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
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
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
Forest Hills Stadium, in Queens, was built for tennis, but it has served as a concert venue for decades. The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, and Simon And Garfunkel all performed there. Jimi Hendrix once opened for the Monkees at Forest Hi
Ready or not, a 'Glee' reboot is in the works at Disney+ and Hulu, with Lea Michele set to return. One VF staff writer breaks down what choices Ryan Murphy should make for Glee round two—and what it would behoove him to avoid.
An app can text exactly like someone you lost. Would you keep talking to it?
A service can create a conversational likeness from a deceased person's messages and recordings. A grieving family member finds it comforting, although the deceased never consented to this use of their data.
You find a family secret after a relative dies. Does the truth come out?
Sorting through a deceased relative's papers, you discover evidence of a serious betrayal that would change how the family remembers them. Revealing it could answer old questions—and cause fresh pain.