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Exactly how bad is it to sleep with your pet? Experts weigh in
6+ hour, 50+ min ago (684+ words) June 27, 2026 " 8: 00am When Shelby Harris, a sleep psychologist in New York City, starts working with patients who are having trouble sleeping, she always asks if they have pets. "The first thing they say to me is: "I have a dog. You're…...
My dad wants to walk me down the aisle " I find this idea repulsive
9+ hour, 50+ min ago (148+ words) It's a dodgy tradition but tricky to avoid, advises our Modern Guru. June 27, 2026 " 5: 00am Q: I don't want my dad to walk me down the aisle for my wedding. I find the whole concept of someone transferring ownership of me to another…...
Hundreds of dollars extra a year for childcare after government agreed to raise fee caps
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (565+ words) June 26, 2026 " 4: 45am Parents will pay more for childcare after the government increased the cap on fees under its $3. 6 billion deal to keep propping up worker salaries. The government staved off a national strike, pay cuts for workers, and fee hikes by…...
Pints, ponytails and papas: The latest dad trend is all about daughters
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (1030+ words) June 26, 2026 " 5: 00am Nestled up the back of Chuck & Sons Brewery in Sydney's inner west, a table of nine fathers are seated quietly, with concentrated looks on their faces and pints in hand. It would be an ordinary Wednesday night, if it…...
The best gift the Bank of Mum and Dad can give their kids? A chance at parenthood
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (322+ words) June 25, 2026 " 5: 00am "How do you want your eggs?" I asked my daughter over breakfast on her 33rd birthday, "Fertilised?" I then presented her with an egg-freezing gift voucher. So many female friends are singing the same tune that it's become like the…...
Kimchi and a show: inside a North Korean restaurant in Beijing
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (1117+ words) June 25, 2026 " 1: 14pm Beijing: It's a Saturday evening and the Pyongyang restaurant in Beijing's Korea town is doing a roaring trade. I arrive with a Chinese friend just before 7pm, assuming we'd be seated straight away. But it's a full house and there's…...
Annabelle was born five years too soon. Then a machine made a diagnosis
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (813+ words) June 25, 2026 " 5: 00am A remarkable automated system has diagnosed hundreds of people living with rare and unnamed conditions by repeatedly analysing huge troves of genetic data and a steady pipeline of new discoveries. The open-source tool called Talos, designed by Australian and…...
IVF "add-ons" don"t work or have little evidence when it comes to pregnancy, new Australian research finds
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (884+ words) June 24, 2026 " 8: 30am Most in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) "add-ons" or "optional extras" don't work or lack evidence when it comes to increasing the chances of a live birth, according to a new University of Melbourne-led study. In the study published in The Lancet…...
I tried to adopt a dog. Apparently they'd be better off dead than living with me
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (737+ words) June 23, 2026 " 7: 00pm "Have you ever owned a dog?" It was one of the many questions I got from the animal charity's form for prospective pet owners, and I resolved not to lie. "No," I answered, but I think it was the…...
Women are giving up contraception " but not to get pregnant
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (1205+ words) June 23, 2026 " 7: 00pm Around two-thirds of Australian women of childbearing age use some form of contraception. In 2025, the Australian government tried to make as many methods of contraception as accessible as possible with the delivery of their women's health package, adding some…...