Human Factors
Mind & Meaning
Psychology and the human experience under pressure. From the introvert who needs three days alone after a party to the astronaut managing isolation on the ISS — Mind & Meaning explores how people make sense of themselves and others, and what frontier life teaches us about being human.
Psychology
I've been studying emotion regulation for 6 years, and I think the most practical…
Psychology
The more I work with AI, the less interested I am in whether it's conscious and the…
Human Factors
Thought of the day from French philosopher Blaise Pascal
Science & Engineering
Neuroscientists found a region of the brain specialized for recognising faces that…
Human Factors
The case for jotting down a few things we are grateful for
Human Factors
The first fax machine was invented in 1843
Human Factors
In 1938, Harvard researchers began following a group of young men to learn what…
Human Factors
Almost all the gold on Earth — every wedding ring, every coin, every gram in every…
Psychology
What current research says about menopause, cognition, and the contested timing of…
Science & Engineering
Laughter is linked to reward processing and lower cortisol, but brain-rewiring…
Human Factors
Tomatoes were considered poisonous in much of Europe for nearly two centuries after…
Human Factors
Saudi Arabia imports sand — despite being a country dominated by desert, the sand…
Earth & Life
Sequoia and redwood trees alive today were already mature when the Roman Empire was…
Psychology
More than 60% of the water in a wood frog's body can freeze solid each winter
Earth & Life