Window Swap and other pandemic distractions
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It’s not quite a holiday, but a website called Window Swap lets you stare out someone else’s window, to take in a new view from somewhere around the world. Science communicator Samantha Yammine talks about why a change like this is as good as a rest in the pandemic.
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