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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.…
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
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
In a live broadcast on Oct. 21, Australian Broadcast Corporation reporter Will Murray, along with a fellow bystander, saved a man trapped in a sinking vehicle during floodings in Moreton Bay.
As a documentary celebrates the late US musician, friends and collaborators describe an incomparable storyteller who brought ‘myth and magic to everyday life’
Ariana Grande traded in her high ponytail hairstyle for a major flipped bob transformation ahead of the release of her upcoming movie Focker-in-Law, alongside Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller.
A stray cat adopts you—and starts killing birds. Do you keep feeding it?
A stray cat visits your yard daily and appears to depend on the food you leave out. Neighbors complain that outdoor cats kill birds and say feeding it encourages the problem without taking responsibility for the animal.
The restaurant gives free birthday cake. Is moving your birthday by a week close enough?
A restaurant offers a spectacular free dessert on birthdays. Your birthday was last week, but nobody took you out then. When the server asks whether anyone is celebrating, your friends point at you and wait for your answer.