Psychology
Why do we explore, anyway
When I was twenty-something and working in a corporate job, I started looking at the people who were ten and fifteen years ahead of me on the ladder.
Psychology
Why Chris Hadfield argues that fear is a knowledge problem, and how we might apply it to our own lives
"Okay, I can't see, but I can hear, I can talk, Scott Parazynski is out here with me.
Psychology
The quiet freedom of routine
I’ve been reading lately about how astronauts live, and the thing that has stayed with me isn’t the gear or the spacewalks.
Psychology
The astronaut-inspired sleep rules that quietly transformed my nights — and my mornings
The way my evening looks these days: by nine or ten, the overhead lights in the living room are off, replaced by a single warm-toned lamp in the corner.
Human Behaviour
NASA’s seven-letter framework for navigating loneliness and isolation
Loneliness has, in the last decade, moved from a private discomfort to a public health concern.
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
Most of us know we don't sleep enough. We know it the way we know we should drink more water or sit less — we've heard it, we believe it in the abstract, and then we keep doing what we do.
Psychology
Psychology suggests spending just two hours in nature each week may improve health and wellbeing, even across shorter visits
When I'm working in, I have a small routine I have come to rely on. I work from cafés.
Psychology
NASA research suggests strategic napping improves alertness and performance — and most workplaces ignore it
I have spent most of my working life fighting the same battle at the same time of day.
Psychology
Research suggests the ‘I think better on a walk’ cliché is real — and you don’t need to be outside for it to work
Darwin did his laps on a path near his house. Nietzsche walked alone for hours every day, notebook in hand, and eventually wrote down his conclusion: "All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.
Psychology
Psychology suggests talking to yourself out loud can support cognitive performance for some people
I don't know about you, but when I'm working through something difficult — navigating a new place, trying to remember which platform my train leaves from…
Human Behaviour
The harsh life lesson millennials are slowly learning the hard way
I spent the better part of my twenties convinced I was behind. Not dramatically, not catastrophically — just behind.