Human Factors
Meta reserved up to 1 GW of prospective space-based solar capacity, with a…
Meta announced a capacity reservation with Overview Energy, not a present-tense purchase of electricity already delivered from space.
Space & Missions
25 years ago today, one man paid $20 million to become the first space tourist
On April 28, 2001, a sixty-year-old American businessman climbed into a Russian Soyuz capsule on a launchpad in Kazakhstan and rode it into orbit . He wasn't a trained astronaut.
Human Behaviour
The feeling that few people truly understand you may not be loneliness
At some point in your thirties or forties, if you are paying attention, you might notice something quietly unsettling about your relationships.
Human Behaviour
People who grew up in the 1970s with no scheduled activities or structured…
My mother grew up in rural Australia in the seventies. She has told me stories about summers that sound, to modern ears, almost implausibly free.
Human Behaviour
A Harvard study linked mind-wandering to lower momentary happiness
I want to tell you about a finding in happiness research, and I want to warn you in advance that it's going to sound obvious.
Human Behaviour
Introversion is not the same as shyness or antisocial behavior, and it can coexist…
Someone at a party once told me I seemed "a bit quiet." I smiled, nodded, and thought about it for the rest of the walk home.
Human Behaviour
Research suggests accepting difficult emotions can support resilience, but…
There's a version of resilience we've all been sold. It looks like someone who never wavers, who absorbs hard news with a deep breath and a composed smile, who posts something motivational on a bad day.
Human Behaviour
People who read before bed every night may be giving their brain a different…
Most nights, the last thing I do before turning off the light is read. Not because I'm disciplined or because some productivity guru told me to.
Human Behaviour
People who feel time slipping away faster every year may not be losing their minds
My wife said something at breakfast last week that I haven't been able to shake.
Human Factors
Quote of the day by Frank Borman "Exploration is really the essence of the human…
There's a phenomenon astronauts often describe called the Overview Effect. It's that radical shift in perspective you get when you see Earth from space.