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Why you should do some Japanese ‘forest bathing’
In Japan, people practice something called forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku. Shinrin in Japanese means “forest,” and yoku means “bath.” So shinrin-yoku means bathing in the forest atmosphere, or taking in the forest through your senses. This is not exercise, or hiking, or jogging. It is Read More...
18 states sue the Trump administration to defend clean car rules
California is leading a coalition of 18 states to sue Donald Trump’s administration. The states represent around 43 percent of the US car market, and they say the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) “acted arbitrarily and capriciously” in attempts to weaken Barack Obama-era car Read More...
Uber's diversity officer has a suggestion for developing a more inclusive mindset
Most people think that becoming more inclusive means first learning about others, according to Bo Young Lee, Uber’s new chief diversity Read More...
The miserable economy airline seat got a major redesign
Over the past few years, aerospace designers have introduced a slew of wildly uncomfortable-looking economy seats–the latest of which is a new cattle-class airplane “saddle” unveiled at Hamburg’s Airplane Interiors Expo. You’ll be relieved to know that at least one company is trying to Read More...
This 75-Year Harvard study shows how to have lifetime joy
For over 75 years, Harvard’s Grant and Glueck study has tracked the physical and emotional health of two groups: 456 poor people in Boston from 1939 to 2014 (the Grant Study) and 268 graduates from Harvard’s classes of 1939–1944 (the Glueck study). After following these groups and testing Read More...
This is what that 'salmon-safe' label says about your wine or eggs
In a big grass pasture in the shadow of Mount Rainier in Washington state, hundreds of chickens crowd around a little house where they can get water and shelter from the bald eagles circling overhead. This is the original location of Wilcox Family Farms, an egg farm that also has locations in Read More...
This nonprofit feeds the homeless and provides job training at the same time
A nonprofit in the Bay Area is taking a whole new approach to helping the homeless. Instead of creating a soup kitchen where only those who are very poor come to eat, the nonprofit is creating pop-up dinners where the homeless prepare amazing meals with renowned chefs. Amongst those dining at these Read More...
Berkeley proposes tax on disposable food containers to cut down on plastic waste
The city of Berkeley was the first city in California to ban plastic bags, and now the city is going after disposable food containers. A new measure has been proposed that would prohibit restaurants from using single-use dishes or containers when patrons eat in. All take-out containers would need Read More...
Cheap hydrogen fuel may soon arrive after new discovery
Ammonia, a hydrogen-rich molecule, has recently surfaced as a source of the molecular hydrogen needed to generate electricity. Now, researchers have figured out how to extract that fuel and generate power without creating the usual pollutants that come from using ammonia. What's more, the cost of Read More...
Why farm-raised kids are healthier than kids raised in the city
The hygiene hypothesis, as it’s called, says that our immune system needs to spar with relatively harmless germs and foreign substances in its earliest years so it can calibrate itself. Or in other words, growing up in a “dirtier” environment such as a farm actually boosts our immune system Read More...