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Mind & Meaning
The psychology of ambition, isolation, and meaning under extremes — and what frontier life teaches us about being human.
Brené Brown spent years studying vulnerability and found the barrier to being known is not the willingness to give — kind people give constantly — but the far harder act of letting someone see the parts you smooth over
In her research on shame and connection, Brené Brown reached a conclusion that reframes loneliness entirely: you cannot be fully known by people who are only ever looking for what they can take from you
A T. rex unearthed in South Dakota could sell for up to $30 million at auction — and scientists fear that if a private collector buys it, one of Earth’s rarest records may disappear from research
Researchers who followed nearly 7,000 Dutch adults for nine years found that both passive and active social media use were linked to rising loneliness over time — and the relationship ran in both directions
Vitamin B12 is synthesised only by bacteria and archaea — and the human liver stores roughly a three-year supply before deficiency shows in the blood
The human body synthesises roughly 1 gram of creatine a day in the liver and kidneys — and stores about 95% of it inside skeletal muscle
Astronauts returning from long missions can initially struggle to stand, walk, and judge the weight of ordinary objects — because the brain must relearn a gravitational world it once treated as automatic
Thought of the day by Stoic philosopher Seneca: "What is more foolish than refusing to learn, simply because one has not been learning for a long time?"
Spaceflight pushes fluid toward the head, flattening the back of the eye and blurring some astronauts' vision in ways that don't always fully recover
A 2012 University of Westminster study measured horror-film viewers burning about 113 calories on average, roughly a short walk, as fear and jump scares pushed their heart rates higher
