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Could tiny robots replace open-heart surgery?

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…

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Shopping for an ACA Plan This Year? Here’s What You Need To Know

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…

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Does Halloween candy really give kids a sugar rush?

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.…

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We try to fix election polling (update)

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

President Zelenskyy: Peace Is A Huge Compromise, The Horrific Atrocities Of Russian War Crimes!

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

The Classroom/Technology Pipeline

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

Chappell Roan Duets With Surprise Guest Christina Aguilera In LA: Watch

After a stupendously fast and disorienting pop-star ascent, Chappell Roan has been relatively quiet this year, or at least she was relatively quiet until last week. In the past seven days, Roan has been back on her pop-star bullshit. She appeared on the remix to her friend Olivia

Biographies of John Williams and Bernard Herrmann Among Honored Works in ASCAP’s Awards for Music Writing and Broadcasts

Winners of the AsCAP Foundation's annual awards for music writing and broadcasts include biographies of John Williams and Bernard Herrmann.

It sure sounds like the Trump administration killed Netflix's bid for Warner Bros.

It sure sounds like the Trump administration killed Netflix's bid for Warner Bros.

Hornets tame the Titans but are washed away by The Beach

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The State Hornet Broadcast: Campaign to remove Starbucks, electric scooters and homecoming football nightmare

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You find a rare library book your father kept for forty years. Do you return it anonymously?

While clearing your father's attic, you find a rare book stamped by the local library and due in 1986. The library would be thrilled to recover it, but returning it openly would expose a secret he apparently kept for decades—and might produce a spectacular overdue fine.

A better public school is one borrowed address away. Would you use it?

Your child is struggling at the assigned school. A grandparent lives inside the boundary of a much stronger public school and offers to let you use their address. The desired school has limited places and verifies residency unevenly.

Today’s Shared Scripture

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