Speech Materals 769 Shinrin-Yoku: The Japanese Art Of Forest Bathing
Shinrin-yoku (森林浴)—which literally translates to “forest bath”—is the Japanese practice of “bathing” oneself in nature w...
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Speech Materals 768 Meaningful Questions to Ask People Right Now That Go Deeper Than “How Are You?”
The question “How are you?” has long been a go-to greeting, a way to spark a bit of small talk. But this year, as our li...
Speech Materals 767 Seven-foot robots are stacking shelves in Tokyo convenience stores
Japan has the oldest population in the world, and that's causing an acute labor shortage. With almost a third of the pop...
Speech Materals 766 Drive-ins: A new way to watch live performances
Drive-ins as a solution to health crises is not without precedent. Before a polio vaccine became available in 1955, driv...
Speech Materals 765 Tokyo hotel offers free stay, drinks, and sashimi on one very simple condition
The travel business isn't exactly booming at the moment thanks to the social distancing and safety protocol necessary to...
Speech Materals 764 Japanese company successfully tests a manned flying car for the first time
A Japanese company has announced the successful test drive of a flying car. Sky Drive Inc. conducted the public demonstr...
Speech Materals 763 These planter-like urinals are Amsterdam’s answer to the problem of ‘wild peeing’
The city of Amsterdam is going greenThe local council has installed eight hemp-filled, sustainable urinals The local cou...
Speech Materals 762 Musk’s Neuralink Puts Computer Chips in Animal Brains
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's neuroscience startup Neuralink on Friday unveiled a pig named Gertrude that has had...