By Ed Yong, Random House 2022 Book reviewed by Nell Marshall An Immense World explores the world of animal senses and perception. This world, as perceived and experienced through the senses, Yong calls the Umvelt. Our environment, or any animal’s environment as perceived through that animal’s senses. The Umvelt, the world each animal perceives, is accessed through the senses and defined by those perceptions. The concept of Umvelt that Yong describes is a unifying and levelin

Chibanda, Dixon, MD, The Friendship Bench: How Fourteen Grandmothers Inspired a Mental Health Revolution , New World Library, 2025. Imagine if you will a park bench tucked away amid shady trees in a quiet corner of the neighborhood. You find a grandmother on that bench, with pillows for her comfort and for the comfort of anyone who would like to join her. Maybe she even has a beverage and an extra cup. This grandmother has lived a life full of experiences, ups and downs, happ

By Hedy Kamai Many times, when someone inquires about my Tai Chi class, they say things like: I have bad coordination, I have bad...