Immersed in Nature: Forest Bathing

There’s a simple but effective way to improve your physical and psychological wellbeing, and all you need are some woods and a little free time. In the 1980s, the Japanese pioneered a practice called “shinrin-yoku” or “forest bathing,” which entails going for a walk in woods without a phone or agenda. You can do it, too....

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What’s It Like to Swing with a Star?

Fun! We love having the world-famous Yerkes Observatory as neighbor and community partner. Einstein visited here, and brilliant astronomers like Edwin Hubble, Carl Sagan, and Nancy Grace Roman all conducted valuable research at Yerkes. It’s been rightly called “the birthplace of modern astrophysics.” Now, after three years of painstaking restoration, this landmark institution has reopened to...

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