At the start of her creative journey, American artist Carol Long chose a medium that is technical but rewarding: ceramics. She has never regretted the choice. Ceramics gave Carol a…

Time doesn’t literally slow down in nature—our perception of it does. When we stroll through parks and forests, time can feel stretched out. In contrast, in the city we often…

A team from the University of Helsinki enrolled 75 toddlers, ages 3 to 5, from 10 preschools in the Finnish capital for the experiment. The researchers found that just one…

People have long known that nature benefits our health. A team from the University of Vienna (Austria) and the University of Exeter (United Kingdom) recently showed that watching live nature…

In America, people sometimes hold competitions for things like the longest piano-playing session or the longest dance marathon. Some people have even danced for four straight days without stopping, all…

Tropical nature has given people nearly everything they needed: food, clothing, and even light. On Pacific islands and in parts of South America, people harvest plants whose fruits locals call…

Nature presents humanity with countless mysteries, and we tirelessly work to unravel them one by one. The otter, which inhabits rivers, primarily feeds on fish. There are no recorded instances…

If you asked me who has driven gardening forward — who has added new breeds and varieties to our gardens and taught us to see the world differently — I’d…

Something’s off with the seasons. It seems like the seasons have shifted. Maybe it’s a response to humanity’s “achievements”: endless testing of new weapons, the pursuit of new energy sources,…