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Should You Pull That Summer Vegetable Plant Yet? The Answer Isn’t Always Yes

A summer vegetable plant can look downright exhausted by late season and still have a few good harvests hiding up its sleeves. Yellowing leaves, bare stems, sprawling vines, and the occasional suspicious-looking tomato can make the garden seem ready for a cleanup crew, but appearance alone does not tell the…

Frugal Gardening · Sep 5

In 1950, livestock viruses drove the Serengeti's wildebeest herd down to 300,000. Less than a decade later, it surpassed 1.5 million, helping turn the ecosystem into a carbon sink

In the 1950s, rinderpest and livestock disease pushed the Serengeti’s wildebeest herd to dangerously low numbers. After the virus was brought under control, the population surged from roughly 300,000 to more than 1.5 million within two decades. That recovery reshaped the ecosystem. More wildebeest meant heavier grazing, fewer grass-fuelled fires…

The Economic Times · Sep 5

Endometriosis can elude diagnosis for years. What to know about the disease and new ways to find it

Diagnosing endometriosis is often a challenge

The Independent UK · Sep 5

Taking Your Pet on an Indian Train or Flight: Crate Rules, Paperwork and Routes That Work

What the Airlines Actually AllowIndiGo does not allow pets in the cabin. Air India does, but only on select routes and only for cats and dogs under 7 kg combined weight with the carrier. Akasa Air permits in-cabin pets on domestic sectors with advance notice. Vistara, now merged into Air…

Times Life · Sep 5

Allama Prabhu's Vachana Refuses to Comfort You, and That Refusal Is the Spiritual Teaching

The Vachana does not meet you where you areYou come to a Vachana the way you come to most spiritual writing, carrying something. A grief, a question, a fatigue that has been sitting in your chest for weeks. You expect the text to reach toward you. Allama Prabhu's Vachana does…

Times Life · Sep 5

Two Healthy Americans Developed Stubborn Elbow Lumps and DNA Testing Traced Them to a Wood-Rotting Fungus

CDC reports two immunocompetent US patients with chronic elbow nodules caused by Fomitiporella fungi. Surgery alone cured both, no antifungals.

Medical Daily · Sep 5

Reaching 90 Without Dementia Doesn't Mean You're In The Clear, Study Finds As Risk Continues Into Old Age

Reaching 90 without dementia does not eliminate the risk, with genetics, sex and brain changes still shaping cognitive health in very old age.

Medical Daily · Sep 5

From heart failure to the fairway: Canberra dad's inspiring recovery

A year on from surgery, Mark will compete at the Transplant Games.

The Canberra Times · Sep 4

Equine Grass Sickness: Warning issued after horse disease outbreak leads to ‘multiple’ deaths

A vet said it thought this year’s ‘unusual weather conditions’ may have contributed to the outbreak

The Independent UK · Sep 4

Vets warn of ‘multiple’ deaths in equine grass sickness outbreak

A vet said it thought this year’s ‘unusual weather conditions’ may have contributed to the outbreak.

Evening Standard · Sep 4