Human Behaviour
Human
The universal psychology lane. Stories about how people relate to one another, themselves, and the world — written for readers who are curious about why we behave the way we do. Sister section to Space Psychology.
Psychology
Why do we explore, anyway
Human Behaviour
The Katy Perry flight wasn't a vanity project. It was the moment the space industry finally admitted who its real customer is — and the backlash, however satisfying it felt, missed the point entirely.
Psychology
Why Chris Hadfield argues that fear is a knowledge problem, and how we might apply it to our own lives
Psychology
The quiet freedom of routine
Human Behaviour
Psychology suggests people who still navigate by memory instead of relying on GPS usually aren't being stubborn — they've kept a relationship with the physical world that the rest of us quietly outsourced about fifteen years ago and haven't quite figured out how to replace
Human Behaviour
Yes, tracking calories works for weight management — the question nobody is asking is what you're training your nervous system to do in the process
Human Behaviour
NASA's inspector general called the Space Launch System unsustainable at $4.1 billion per flight. House appropriators just added another billion above what NASA itself asked for, and forbade reallocation.
Human Behaviour
Bryan Johnson says you are not drinking coffee for the caffeine — you are drinking it for the gut microbes that run your brain, and the research behind that claim is harder to dismiss than it sounds
Human Behaviour
Life lessons from the 1960s and 70s that are almost non-existent in 2026
Human Behaviour
NASA imaged the Kuskokwim ice breakup at Aniak this spring; a year earlier the EPA had clawed back a $20 million erosion grant from Kipnuk, fifty miles downriver and a delta over
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
Psychology
The astronaut-inspired sleep rules that quietly transformed my nights — and my mornings
Psychology
Quote by Charles Bukowski: “The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”
Human Behaviour
NASA's seven-letter framework for navigating loneliness and isolation
Psychology