Human Behaviour
May 2026
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Constellations
SES just quietly killed two satellites Intelsat already paid to build, and the cancellation says more about the death of geostationary economics than any earnings call ever could
Psychology
There’s a NASA concept called “habitability,” and it helps explain why some homes feel calm while others quietly drain you
Mind & Meaning
I'm 37 and I watched my parents retire with everything they worked for — a paid-off house, savings, good health — and then slowly, year by year, become two people who sit in separate rooms scrolling their phones because they forgot how to be interesting to each other
Psychology
Retirement can change identity and conversation, but silence has many meanings
Mind & Meaning
Quietness in a group does not reveal how deeply someone is thinking
Psychology
Resilience research has spent decades studying how people survive hard things — it has been much quieter about whether surviving was actually the best outcome available
Mind & Meaning
The real reason your flight gets canceled has nothing to do with weather on the ground — it starts 150 million kilometres away
Psychology
The astronaut-inspired sleep rules that quietly transformed my nights — and my mornings
Psychology
David Attenborough turned 100 last week — and his oldest argument against space exploration is the same conclusion most astronauts come home with
Human Behaviour
NASA's seven-letter framework for navigating loneliness and isolation
Psychology
Adults who consistently return shopping carts, pick up litter, and tidy up after themselves in public aren't just conscientious — they may be acting on a belief that the world is partly their responsibility
Psychology
Retired men get quieter; retired women get busier. Both are dealing with the same problem.
Psychology
Why answering a quiz from the couch is easier than competing under pressure
Culture
Science fiction writers and filmmakers called AI, mass surveillance, deepfakes, and social credit decades before we had names for them — and the rest of us were busy being entertained by the warnings
Space Industry