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A study on Seychelles warblers shows that closer social bonds and shared living spaces lead to the sharing of anaerobic gut bacteria, suggesting humans living with others may similarly align their gut microbiomes, with potential benefits for immunity and digestion.
A Korean best-selling memoir by Kim Hana and Hwang Sunwoo chronicles buying a shared Seoul apartment and living as platonic partners, detailing shared finances, chores, and four cats, and arguing that housing policy and social norms must adapt to rising single-person households by normalizing non-marital, non-romantic family forms—including civil unions—while presenting their partnership as a pragmatic, empowering alternative to traditional marriage.
Unmarried couples lack automatic legal protections at death, making estate planning crucial for ensuring their partner inherits assets, as laws typically favor blood relatives. Key steps include establishing durable powers of attorney, updating beneficiary designations, and creating wills or trusts to secure the partner's financial and medical decision-making rights.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo is forming a committee to study “cohabitation” – to what extent humans and rodents can live together – one of her deputies said Thursday during a city council meeting. The study is being financed by the French government, though the city of Paris is a partner in the project. Animal rights group Paris Animaux Zoopolis welcomed the city’s move.
Kim Zolciak teased her return to Real Housewives of Atlanta after a five-year absence, posing alongside co-stars Lisa Wu, Sheree Whitfield, and Deshawn Snow. This comes after her split from husband Kroy Biermann, with whom she is still cohabiting in their Georgia home. The couple had a whirlwind romance, documented on their reality show Don't Be Tardy, and share four children. Zolciak requested her maiden name be restored legally in her divorce filing. She and her co-stars will make cameo appearances in Season 15 of the show.