Shortwave thinks of science as an invisible force, showing up in your everyday life.
Powering the food you eat, the medicine you use, the tech in your pocket.
Science is approachable because it's already part of your life.
Come explore these connections on the Shortwave podcast from NPR.
You're listening to Life Kit from NPR.
Hey everybody, it's Marielle.
We're going to start today's episode at the top of a hill with Emma Tempest.
Back when she was a teacher,
she would take her class of four and five-year-olds to the park for an end-of-year celebration.
And it was at the top of this enormous hill.
And every year we'd have a rolling down the hill competition.
And all the adults would join in because you just had that permission to have fun.
The other part of that celebration was a trip to a mini zoo.
You'd hear the children saying things like, oh, I wonder what that fish is thinking.
And you'd be like, what?
I've never thought about that before.
That spirit of imagination and wonder,
you can take that with you anywhere and it costs nothing.
Emma is now a positive psychology coach who helps people get unstuck through play.
We did an episode on play, what it is, why it's good for you and how to do more of it.