Little things, like taking a shortcut through the park on your way to work each day can make a big difference

to your mental health. Find your little big thing

little big thing at every mind matters.

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Scientific Americans 60 Second Science. I'm Steve Mursky.

And with this coronavirus, the hopeful thing is how communities, individuals have got together

are helping each other.

That is Jane Goodall during a teleconference last week.

Wednesday, April 22nd is the 50th Earth Day,

and on Wednesday Goodall will take part in day-long programming on the National Geographic channel.

During the teleconference last week, she was asked, what gives her hope during this pandemic?

The incredible courage of the people on the front line, the doctors, the nurses,

whisking and sometimes losing their lives and of course we shall get

through this and the big hope is that this time we will pay attention to the cause of

the pandemic which is our disrespect of nature

and the animals and the destruction of the environment forcing animals into closer

contact with each other and some of them with humans.

The trafficking, the hunting, the killing, the wet markets, the intensive animal farms,

domestic animals and all of that is creating conditions for a virus to jump from one

species to another.

Groll was also asked how she hoped the world might change because of the pandemic.

How I hope it will change and how it changes are two different things in this particular case.

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