Psychology
Some men who are deeply unhappy in their 40s and 50s may not look unhappy from the outside
You probably know one. Maybe more than one. He shows up to things. He does his job well.
Human Behaviour
Some people called overthinkers may be more observant than they seem, and what looks like indecision may be careful pattern-checking
The word "overthinker" is often delivered like a gentle diagnosis. The implication is that something has gone slightly wrong upstairs.
Human Behaviour
One reason some intelligent people struggle in relationships may not be overthinking — it may be that analysis becomes a defense mechanism
There's a particular kind of fight that only happens with intelligent people. You raise something that hurt you.
Human Behaviour
The people who say “I’m just being honest” rarely are — honesty is usually quieter and more careful
There's a particular silence that happens at a dinner table after someone delivers a comment and follows it with, "I'm just being honest.
Human Behaviour
Some regrets people report at 70 may not be the things they did — they may be the version of themselves they kept quiet
Most people spend a significant portion of their lives managing how they're received.
Human Behaviour
A certain kind of intelligence can become lonely when noticing everything turns into watching life from the outside
There's a particular kind of person you've probably met. Maybe you are one. They walk into a room and within minutes have read it accurately.
Human Behaviour
People who stay genuinely fit as they age may not be the ones with the best genetics or the most discipline — they may be the ones who decided movement was about staying in a life they wanted to keep living
There's a version of fitness that burns itself out. You've seen it. The January gym crowd.
Human Behaviour
Some people who get genuinely happier as they age may not be the ones with the best health, the most money, or the closest family
There is a version of getting older that looks like shrinking. The world gets smaller.
Human Behaviour
The head of NASA is now openly campaigning to make Pluto a planet again
Pluto's most powerful new advocate is now the head of NASA. On Tuesday, April 28, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman testified before the U.S.
Human Behaviour
The people who rarely post on social media may not be antisocial, secretive, or behind the times — they may have noticed that performing their life cost them the ability to live in it
I have a friend who has not posted on social media in four years. Not a dramatic exit with an announcement.
Human Behaviour
People who become quieter as they age may not be withdrawing — they may have developed a higher threshold for which conversations are worth their honesty
The man at the café who nurses one coffee for an hour and barely says a word. The aunt who answers questions in five words but is clearly tracking everything in the room.
Human Behaviour
The people who genuinely come across as unbothered may not be detached, suppressing, or pretending not to care
There's a person in your life who just seems to move through the world differently.
Human Behaviour
A startup few people had heard of four years ago is now valued at $2.2 billion. Its product is space weapons
Mark this one as the moment orbital defense became its own asset class. On April 28, Colorado-based True Anomaly announced a $650 million Series D fundraise that values the four-year-old startup at $2.2 billion.
Human Behaviour
NASA flew a four-pound helicopter on Mars. The follow-up weighs nearly a ton and is going to Saturn
For seventy years, every spacecraft NASA sent to another world either landed in one place and stayed there, or rolled slowly across the surface on wheels.
Human Behaviour
The people who grew up reading books may not be just well-read adults — they may be people whose inner lives were built somewhere quieter than the world they lived in
I was a child who read everywhere. Under the covers with a torch when I was supposed to be asleep.
Human Behaviour
The brutal reality of trying to build a home on Mars
Mars has been the answer for as long as humans have been able to look up at it. Domed cities.