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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.…
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
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
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
Westside Gunn finally came up with the perfect album title. No notes. Magnificent. My only question is what took this long. If you’re an East Coast boom-bap revivalist with a pro wrestling obsession, you need to have an album called Heelmatic, or else you’re leaving money on the
Last month, Helena Deland returned with the exquisite, inquisitive tune “How Do You Like Me Now.” Today, the Canadian singer-songwriter is announcing her new record Eternity Shrugs, arriving next year. It follows 2023’s Goodnight Summerland, which was our Album Of The Week. The s
You paid extra for the aisle seat. Must you trade with a parent?
You reserved and paid extra for an aisle seat on a long flight. A parent asks you to trade for a middle seat so they can sit beside their young child after the airline separated them.
A private joke from years ago goes public. How long should it follow the person who wrote it?
Someone shares a screenshot of a tasteless joke made years ago in a private friends' chat. The person who wrote it says they were performing for a small audience, have changed, and never agreed to have the message made public.