Tiny Earth News Today

This list includes educational gifts, apps that spark creativity and more things to go beyond the usual tech gift for children.

A new partnership between Triangle startups Tiny Earth Toys and Nurtured Nest is focused on getting on-demand classes about childhood development into the hands of more parents — and changing the stigma around "parenting classes."

First responders can get a free ride pass for two nights in June, the amusement park said.

Parents can make technology work for them and help their kids develop by allowing children to use certain educational apps. Learn which ones here.

Amarillo area Our Town briefs

On Friday, Dec. 9 the Lambeau Field Atrium hosted students from across the state as they presented their projects to help mitigate the global public health crisis of antibiotic resistance at the “Tiny Earth Winter Symposium.”

Brian Merkel has spent 25 years at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay paying forward the gift of science and medicine.

The study, which was published in the journal, ‘American Society for Microbiology’ concluded that plastic debris is rich in biomass could actually be an effective candidate for antibiotic production, reported ANI.

According to a new study, plastic pollution may serve as a source for novel antibiotics in oceans.

Plastic pollution is a huge problem, but it could unexpectedly help solve another major challenge: antibiotic-resistanc superbugs.