September holidays and observances to celebrate every year

September sits in that sweet spot between “still summer” and “fresh start.” You’re savoring warm evenings and those last ...
The Irish Times

Children’s books for Christmas: from a crime-fighting fox to the best encyclopaedias

‘Tis the season to ... curl up with a book, of course. Ask the people of Iceland, where nearly the whole of winter is dedicated to books. They call it Jolobokaflud, and it culminates on Christmas Eve, ...
Pew Research Center

Dual income, no kids: What we know about ‘DINKs’ in the U.S.

In the United States, 12% of married couples with at least one spouse in their 30s or 40s have two incomes and no kids, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of federal data. This group, often ...
Mongabay

Australia to create a national park for 12,000 koalas

The New South Wales government has unveiled plans for the Great Koala National Park, a 475,000-hectare reserve that combines existing protected areas with 176,000 hectares of state forest to safeguard ...
People

Man Hears a Commotion in His Yard, Finds His Golden Retriever Giving a Baby Koala a Piggyback Ride

"It was quite amazing to see," Steve Lamplough said of his dog's interaction with a koala joey Steve Lamplough (2) A dog and a koala formed an unlikely bond in Australia Denni, a golden retriever, was ...
Reuters

Australia approves first vaccine to save koalas from chlamydia

SYDNEY, Sept 10 (Reuters) - A vaccine to protect Australia's koalas against chlamydia has been approved for the first time, a development that scientists believe could stop the spread of the deadly ...
New Atlas

World's first koala chlamydia vaccine approved for rollout across country

Australia's embattled koalas have been given some good news for once, with the approval of the world's first chlamydia vaccine for the marsupial. More than a decade in the making, the vaccine will ...
CNN

Koalas to be vaccinated against deadly chlamydia in world first

A vaccine used to treat chlamydia in Australia’s koala population has been approved for rollout, in a world-first project. Researchers from the University of the Sunshine Coast spent more than 10 ...
Save the Children

Famine Myths vs Facts: What the World Gets Wrong

The world promised “never again.” Yet children are starving in Gaza and Sudan today. At least 132,000 children under five in Gaza are at risk of death from acute malnutrition. The famine ...
Everyday Health

8 Myths and Facts About Food Allergies in Children

Whether your child was recently diagnosed with a food allergy or has been living with one for years, you know how stressful it can be to manage. More and more are being diagnosed with allergies: The ...
TechCrunch

Cursor snaps up enterprise startup Koala in challenge to GitHub Copilot

The startup behind the viral AI coding app Cursor is snapping up top talent from AI enterprise startups in a bid to bolster its competition with Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot and win over businesses ...