Nico Hischier was part of a rescue in his native country of Switzerland over the weekend. While visiting his home country for part of summer break, the Devils captain helped local police in a rescue of a family in distress on the Aare River in Bern, Swiss news outlet 20 Minuten revealed. A family of four, including two children, were in a small rubber boat and encountered trouble near a dam. Police found the family and went to assist, alongside Hischier. Bern police confirmed “the police were finally able to pull the boat ashore using a throw bag, and the…

Scientists have invented a soft robotic heart that could give them a new way to study a mysterious condition that accounts for roughly half of all heart failure cases.This form of heart failure, called heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), is a condition in which the heart pumps out a normal amount of blood but becomes too stiff to relax and refill properly between beats. Over 3 million Americans have the condition, but researchers still don’t fully understand why it develops, making it difficult to design treatments that directly target the disease.The new device, described June 1 in the…

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta plans to design its own artificial intelligence chips in-house starting in September – part of an industry-wide effort by the biggest names in AI to start making their own chips amid ongoing high demand. Zuck’s initiative, known internally as “Iris,” centers on developing custom silicon to supercharge the AI systems behind Facebook and Instagram, Reuters reported Thursday. The social media giant — which expectes to spend up to $145 billion on AI infrastructure this year — is working with Palo Alto, Calif.-based Broadcom on design and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on production. Meta joins a growing list of…

The White House on Thursday claimed President Trump’s switch from the new Qatari-donated Air Force One to the original presidential plane on his flight home from Turkey Wednesday was a strategic “distraction” to keep the commander-in-chief safe. Denying that any physical security factors led to the swap out, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung said the new jet “is a state-of-the-art aircraft that has been fitted with high-level security protocols that ensure the safety of the President and his staff.” Follow The Post’s live coverage of President Trump and national politics for the latest news and analysis “As the President…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore is facing criticism for condemning rising “tribal” politics while continuing to push a redistricting effort that opponents say would eliminate the state’s sole Republican congressional seat.Moore, a rising Democratic star who is being floated as a possible 2028 presidential candidate, gave an Independence Day speech in which he described American history as “powerful,” “painful” and “complex.”Speaking in the Maryland State House, where George Washington resigned his military commission in 1783, Moore proclaimed that “too many feel that our politics has become tribal, that our political system once…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A suspect was arrested moments after throwing a Molotov cocktail at a man in a wheelchair near police headquarters in Oklahoma City, authorities said.Surveillance footage from outside the headquarters showed the man in the wheelchair crossing a street diagonally at around 8 a.m. on July 2. Moments later, another man could be seen crossing the street before turning around and approaching the victim.The unidentified suspect appeared to light something before hurling the incendiary device at the man in the wheelchair.KNIFE-WIELDING FLORIDA MAN ARRESTED AFTER SETTING RESTAURANT ON FIRE WITH FLAMING PROPANE TANK:…

Kelly Slater’s Texas wave-pool dream just got hit by a $16 million breaker. Austin Surf Club, a 333-acre private surf park and luxury residential community backed by the 11-time world surfing champion, has been swamped by more than $16 million in construction liens as work on the splashy project grinds to a halt, according to The Real Deal. The ultra-exclusive development near Austin-Bergstrom International Airport has been hit with a least another $11.6 million in liens, bringing the total north of $16 million, the outlet reported, citing public property filings first reported by the Austin Business Journal. The project is…

How can you not be romantic about the beautiful game? A Boston local is telling her World Cup love story after she met a Tartan Army foot soldier in June upon leaving Fenway Park. Jill Roberts, 42, bumped into Tommy Morrison, 38, who was one of the thousands of Scotland fans that took over the stadium to see the Red Sox play against the Blue Jays on Pride Night. “My friends and I purchased the tickets to see the Red Sox over a month ago, and we were not expecting to run into the Tartan Army,” Roberts said, per The…

There really is an easy trick to curbing weight gain and reducing the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes. All it requires is getting to bed on time. New research shows that losing even just a bit of sleep over time can mean putting on a pound of weight in six weeks. At that rate, weight gain would be nearly nine pounds over a year. Most of the research on sleep deprivation in the past were done under dramatic conditions, like only allowing participants a maximum of four hours of sleep. Real-life loss of sleep happens at a…

Engineers have designed a waterproof “diving suit” for cyborg cockroaches that enables the hybrid insects to survive and roam underwater for up to three hours. This function expands the capabilities of cyborg insects and could one day be deployed in disaster zones, according to the team.A built-in oxygen generator and silicone tubes deliver the gas directly to a cockroach’s breathing holes, known as spiracles. The design is adapted for use in low-oxygen conditions as well as submerged environments, the researchers said in a new study published June 29 in the journal Nature Communications.”Our approach combines a soft waterproof shell with…