Science and Nature

International visitors to Japan's Ibaraki prefecture normally intend directly for Hitachi Seaside Park, where fields of blue nemophila and red kochia reveal their stunning colours every spring and fall. Ibaraki, and in specific its rural north, is definitely worth more than simply a day journey. Northern Ibaraki is mainly offered over to thick forest, periodically broken by large canyons. Come fall, these canyons show unbelievable colours as the leaves illuminate in gold, copper and crimson, shown by a range of magnificent waterfalls.Nature does periodically give way for city life, with conventional villages like Daigo hole-punched into the thick forest-- sanctuaries of old homes, crafting culture, warm springs and regional food. It's generally mountainous forest, Ibaraki's northern parts ...

Image: Apple Thanksgiving is a time to contemplate the previous year, be happy for what we have, stuff ourselves till we're near bursting, and after that settle into our preferred chairs and see the very first half of a television program before the tryptophan begins. If you generally invest your post-meal time going to sleep to A Charlie Brown Thanksgivingyou will not discover it on the normal broadcast or cable television channels-- it's specifically on Apple television+. Before you wave that turkey drumstick in the air and curse the state of tv and all the darn streaming services you require memberships for--yes, I'm speaking about you, Uncle Fred-- you do not require a membership to Apple television+ to see A Charlie Brown ThanksgivingApple i...

(Image credit: d3sign/Getty Images) The practice of forest bathing is a mindful, meditative experience where we allow our senses to become attuned to nature by spending time walking through woodlands. Numerous studies have shown that immersing ourselves in the natural world in this way can have significant health benefits, but could we ever bring this practice to a clinical setting? Could nature immersion provide alternative and effective treatments to patients suffering from a wide range of ailments?The answer to that question is the subject of the new book "Good Nature" by Kathy Willis, a professor of biodiversity at the University of Oxford. In it, she draws on the available evidence to show not just the health benefits of being surrounded by nature, but also the quantitativ...

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Farewell, Mail and Passwords. Credit: Pranay Parab Your iPhone enables you to alter the default web browser, e-mail app, password supervisor, and now even messaging and calling apps. Formerly, you needed to go through numerous settings pages to alter these defaults, however with iOS 18.2, Apple has actually made this procedure simple. You can now check out a single page to alter each of your defaults in one fell swoop, which will conserve you a great deal of time.Sometimes of composing, iOS 18.2 is readily available as a public beta, which you can gain access to by very first registering for Apple's beta program and aft...

One of the most surprising occurrences in entertainment over the past few years has been the rapid rise in the quality of video game adaptations. Shows and movies based on games used to be punchlines. Now they’re some of the hottest properties in Hollywood. The streaming services have found success with video game TV shows as well, and Prime Video plans to continue that trend with a new original series based on the Mass Effect games.According to Variety, Amazon MGM Studios tapped Daniel Casey (F9: The Fast Saga) to write and executive produce the Mass Effect series. Further executive producers include Cedar Tree Productions’ Karim Zreik, BioWare’s Michael Gamble, and Ari Arad. Word of a Mass Effect adaptation from Amazon began to spread in 2021, but as Variety notes, the trail had gone co...

With her selection as President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming White House chief of staff, veteran Florida political strategist Susie Wiles moves from a largely behind-the-scenes role of campaign co-chair to the high-profile position of the president’s closest adviser and counsel.She’s been in political circles for years. But who is Ms. Wiles, the operative set to be the first woman to step into the powerful role of White House chief of staff?She has decades of experience, most of it in FloridaThe daughter of NFL player and sportscaster Pat Summerall, Ms. Wiles worked in the Washington office of New York Rep. Jack Kemp in the 1970s. Following that were stints on Ronald Reagan’s campaign and in his White House as a scheduler.Ms. Wiles then headed to Florida, where she advised two Jacksonvill...

Twice now, American voters have chosen Donald Trump over a woman for the presidency.A flawed candidate who has been found liable for sexual abuse, insults women, and brags about overturning Roe v. Wade, Mr. Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in 2016 and trounced Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this week. Why We Wrote This Republican Donald Trump has twice defeated a seasoned female candidate for president of the United States. Women have ably led many other nations. Are American voters ready to send a woman to the Oval Office? Can a woman break “the highest, hardest glass ceiling,” as Mrs. Clinton describes it?Women now hold record numbers of seats in Congress and governorships. But when running for president, they challenge the notion of who can hold a powerful position, one largely ass...

The financial program of as soon as and future President Donald Trump runs along 2 tracks: What he can achieve rapidly on his own and what he'll need to exercise with Congress.The most extreme parts of Mr. Trump's financial program-- migration and trade-- he can finish mostly on his own. Why We Wrote This President-elect Donald Trump's a lot of extreme financial propositions-- deportations and tariffs-- might not need aid from Congress. Wall Street appears more concentrated on his other promises-- low taxes and deregulation. On Wednesday, Wall Street cheered Mr. Trump's definitive success, buoyed by hopes that Republicans would extend the business tax cuts enacted throughout the very first Trump administration and loosen up federal guidelines on whatever from mergers to fossil-fuel drillin...

Californians might have provided their definitive assistance to Vice President Kamala Harris today, however they took a conservative turn on criminal offense, by beating progressive criminal justice policies and prospects.The reaction remained in action with nationwide surveys revealing Americans significantly worried about criminal activity, in spite of a general drop in violent and residential or commercial property criminal activity considering that the 1990s. Why We Wrote This California might be a dependably blue state, however it showed not to be monolithic today. It provided Kamala Harris its complete electoral count, however rolled back its assistance of progressive criminal justice prospects and policies. California's criminal offense numbers, however, are reasonably high. And, st...