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May 2026
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Human Behaviour
NASA schedules 8.5 hours of sleep for astronauts — and I think it says something quietly unsettling about the way many of us live
Psychology
Quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson: “The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.”
Psychology
The Fermi Paradox has a simple answer that nobody in the space industry wants to take seriously
Human Behaviour
Every serious planetary scientist knows Mars will kill the first people we send there — and we're going anyway
Human Behaviour
The Artemis II crew briefed Congress in May; weeks earlier, the same agency's science directorate faced a 47% cut while human exploration was spared
Constellations
A 3,700-mile wall of acid clouds has been racing around Venus for decades, and scientists say the answer may be kitchen-sink physics scaled up to planetary size
Human Behaviour
Nobody talks about why the most competent people at work are often the loneliest in their personal lives, and it isn't arrogance or burnout, it's that competence quietly taught them to handle everything alone long before they realized that handling things alone was the whole problem
Constellations
NASA wants to fly a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars before 2028 ends, and the real test is whether Jared Isaacman can push the agency past its 60-year nuclear-space stall
Climate Science
Abandoned coal mines may be releasing hidden carbon into the air, but researchers think the same drainage could also point toward a cheaper kind of climate fix
Constellations
A shoebox-sized detector just rode SpaceX to orbit to test a wild idea in particle physics — whether neutrinos can be caught from space
Constellations
NASA just confirmed the SLS upper stage on Artemis 3 will be replaced with a hollow spacer, and the choice quietly tells you the Moon landing has officially moved to Artemis 4
Human Behaviour
Why height can feel different at an exposed edge than through a window
Psychology
Having the time you always wanted does not always relax you — sometimes it exposes what busyness was covering
Psychology
Psychology suggests spending just two hours in nature each week may improve health and wellbeing, even across shorter visits
Psychology