Space photo of the week: Space X’s Polaris Dawn astronauts ‘touch the void’ on 1st-ever private spacewalk
SpaceX Polaris Dawn astronaut Jared Isaacman briefly “touched the void” as he embarked on the first-ever private spacewalk Thursday (Sept. 12).
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The surprising connections between dating options and mental health
A new study published in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences sheds light on the psychological impacts of perceived sex ratio, or the balance between available men and women, on mental health in young single adults. The research found that the perceived availability…
So what are we to make of the highly ambitious, private Polaris spaceflight?
Enlarge / Crew Dragon enters Earth’s atmosphere on Sunday morning as recovery boats await. (credit: SpaceX) A white spacecraft, lightly toasted like a marshmallow and smelling of singed metal, fell out of the night sky early on Sunday morning and…
Why do we forget things we were just thinking about?
When the brain “juggles” information, things can fall through the cracks.
Brain implants to restore sight, like Neuralink’s Blindsight, face a fundamental problem
Elon Musk recently pronounced that the next Neuralink project will be a “Blindsight” cortical implant to restore vision: “Resolution will be low at first, like early Nintendo graphics, but ultimately may exceed normal human vision.” Unfortunately, this claim rests on…
Children in polyamorous families report positive experiences with parents’ partners
A new study provides a rare glimpse into the experiences of children growing up with polyamorous parents. The research, published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, found that many of these children feel positively toward their parents’ romantic…
Color-blind people may be less picky eaters. Here’s why.
Seeing the world with a restricted color palate seems to tone down an emotion-based resistance to new foods.
Loneliness follows a U-shaped path across adulthood, study finds
A new study published in Psychological Science reveals that loneliness tends to follow a U-shaped curve across adulthood, decreasing from young adulthood to midlife and increasing in older adulthood. Loneliness, defined as a subjective feeling of lacking meaningful social connections,…
Spiritual transformations may help sustain the long-term benefits of psychedelic experiences, study suggests
In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers explored the link between past psychedelic use, metaphysical beliefs, and well-being. The findings suggest that people who have used psychedelics tend to adopt metaphysical idealism—a belief that consciousness is fundamental to…
Bizarre, nine-day seismic signal caused by epic landslide in Greenland
Enlarge (credit: Jason Edwards via Getty) Earthquake scientists detected an unusual signal on monitoring stations used to detect seismic activity during September 2023. We saw it on sensors everywhere, from the Arctic to Antarctica. We were baffled—the signal was unlike…
