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12-10-2025 Know It All (1)

December 10 | The days of Snapchat streaks, fun TikToks, or IG story updates are officially over for many young Aussies.

December 9 | You already pick up prescriptions, follow up after appointments, and keep an eye on your parents — but maybe you’ve started to wonder if they need more consistent help. 

Wait, we don’t need 8 hours of sleep?

December 8 | One of the first things your newborn gets — besides a name and a swaddle — may see a major change. 

A spritz of croissant, please

December 7 | A recap of the week’s most fun and interesting stories.

Weekend: Shoe or Vegetable? 🧐

December 6 | One recipe, one book, and one travel destination worth your time.

Weekend: Friend-of-a-Friend Drama 😳

Pantone, you’ve gone too far 

December 5 | You worked hard enough this week. Let us plan your weekend.

Weekend: The New Housewife Is Bananas 🍌

December 5 | Halle Berry isn’t just an Oscar-winner, she’s menopause’s fiercest spokesperson. 

December 4 | In a world where more people befriend and even date robots, it’s probably not a shock that Americans are getting lonelier. 

It all starts in the bedroom

December 3 | San Francisco’s city hall is sounding a lot like Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) HQ… at least when it comes to groceries.

Once again, this banana news ruined our morning smoothie

December 2 | Eggflation seems to be in the rearview, but your wallet is likely still hurting. 

Please, not a “worm cleanse” 

George Clooney has a bone to pick with Brad Pitt

December 1 | An internal email from a senior FDA official seems to have spilled the agency’s push for stricter vaccine rules. 

November 30 | A recap of the week’s most fun and interesting stories.

Weekend: Monogamy, you OK? 🤫

November 29 | One recipe, one book, and one travel destination worth your time.

Weekend: This Is Better Than Takeout 🧀

Everything must go 🛍️

November  26 | Last week, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) announced her resignation from Congress. 

The $1 Thanksgiving hero 

Is Melania's look setting the holiday tone?

November  25 | For decades, the medical community has assumed that a woman’s body simply “bounces back” after giving birth.

November  24 | Black Friday turns even the most budget-conscious among us into a low-rent version of Ariana Grande in “7 rings”: I see it, I like it, I want it, I got it (via four easy payments). 

Trader Joe’s tiniest tote yet

November 23 | A recap of the week’s most fun and interesting stories.

Weekend: The Key to French Girl Chic 😍

November 22 | One recipe, one book, and one travel destination worth your time.

Weekend: Meet Your New Go-To Pasta 🍝

November  21 | For decades, carmakers have relied on so-called “female” crash-test dummies that are 4'11" and 108 pounds — and were designed in the 1970s.

This wasn’t on the baby wishlist

November 21 | You worked hard enough this week. Let us plan your weekend.

Weekend: The New It-Bag Color? Not Brown 👜

November  20 | We’ve all scrolled on our phones into oblivion and thumb pain — the “brain rot” is very real.

Protein and fiber’s “maxxing” war

November  19 | Remember that Friends Thanksgiving episode when Joey gets a turkey stuck on his head?

The pitfall of being a morning person

Your flu-fighting grocery list

November  18 | For many pregnant women, early doctor’s visits can be informative and even life-changing. 

November  17 | It’s no secret that your morning essentials have gotten pricier. 

Time to take a “Nordic walk” 

November 16 | A recap of the week’s most fun and interesting stories.

Weekend: Guilty of This Instagram Crime?📱

November 15 | One recipe, one book, and one travel destination worth your time.

Weekend: Cozy Meatballs and Orzo 🧀

Is your kitchen sponge secretly toxic?

November  14 | A new study published in JAMA Oncology is linking ultra-processed foods to a higher risk of precancerous colon polyps in women under 50. 

November 14 | You worked hard enough this week. Let us plan your weekend.

Weekend: Taylor Swift’s Bridesmaids?? 👀

The Jennifer Aniston advice we needed 

November  13 | The longest shutdown in US history ended last night after President Donald Trump signed a funding bill to reopen the government. 

Target runs will never be the same again

November 12 | CNN reports that a top Naval officer and Purple Heart recipient was set to take a career-defining post overseeing Navy SEALs — until the Pentagon abruptly rescinded the offer two weeks before her induction, without much explanation. 

November  11 | Menopause is sometimes called “the change” — but the biggest change of all may be the Food and Drug Administration’s shift in how it’s treated.

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