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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

Here's a sign of the times.

An airport is offering passengers who really miss air travel, a trip to nowhere.

Taipei's Songshan Airport made the offer earlier this month, receiving about 7,000 applications.

Sixty people were chosen for the half-day trips that will continue over the next

couple of weeks. Those selected for the phony flights receive boarding passes and go through

the typical security process as if they were traveling internationally. They gather at the gate,

then board an Airbus A330 of Taiwan's largest carrier. However, the plane goes nowhere.

After a while, the lucky passengers returned to the same gate they left. In a similar vein,

Walmart is turning 160 of its parking lots into drive-in movie theaters to offer contactless film

premieres. Besides movies, the family-friendly

nights will feature special appearances from filmmakers and celebrities. Customers will order

concessions online for curbside pickup or delivery to their vehicles. The movies will begin

next month and run until October.

These are just two examples of the many ways people are adjusting to the pandemic.

From remote officing to online shopping to sports without fans,

many are doing their best to make the best of these unprecedented days.

Here's another way to respond.

Dr. Barbara Lee Frederickson is a psychology professor and head of the positive emotions and psychophysiology lab at the University of North Carolina.

She and her team surveyed 600 Americans to ask about their daily activities and correlate

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