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
Quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson: “The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.”
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
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
Human Behaviour
The thing you have been calling a fear of heights may not be a fear of heights at all — an Artemis II astronaut explained this better than most therapists I've read
Human Behaviour
Nobody talks about why the most reliable person in every family quietly disappears in their late sixties, and it isn't bitterness, it's that reliability stopped being noticed roughly forty years before they stopped offering it
Human Behaviour
Adults who answer the phone with a slightly brighter voice than the one they were using a moment before aren't being fake, they may have spent a lifetime believing their real tone was too much for other people to handle
Human Behaviour
People who keep every birthday card, handwritten note, and old postcard may be holding quiet proof that someone once thought of them
Psychology
People who still make handwritten to-do lists may understand something many productivity apps forget — thinking often works better when it slows down
Human Behaviour
Adults who eat the same breakfast every morning, take the same route to work, and order the same drink at every restaurant aren't boring, they may have built a small architecture of certainty in a life that taught them surprises rarely went their way
Human Behaviour
The harsh life lesson millennials are slowly learning the hard way
Human Behaviour
People who appear effortlessly content aren't always as emotionally well as they look — some have learned to need very little to stay easy to keep around
Human Behaviour
Psychology suggests adults who cry at commercials, old songs, and strangers being kind in public aren't necessarily overly sensitive — some may have spent years holding back tears
Psychology
Psychology suggests self-taught people may solve problems differently from most people
Human Behaviour