Episode: 159: Ask Out of School

From a HI-SEAS mishap to an exoplanet getting blasted by its host star, it's news round-up time on Liftoff this week. This episode of Liftoff is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code LIFTOFF at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Links and Show Notes Biosphere 2 “Minor Accident” Postpones HI-SEAS Mission VI HI-SEAS Mission Cancelled After Crew Member Quits New call for applicants will go out for HI-SEAS Mission VI After 2016 rocket explosion, Elon Musk’s SpaceX looked seriously at sabotage - The Washington Post SpaceX’s recovered fairing spotted sailing into port on Mr Steven Stratolaunch - Gallery Bigelow Aerospace’s new company will find customers for its space habitats - The Verge How the Trump administration wants to make it easier for commercial space companies to do business - The Verge Bad Astronomy | Vacuuming up the dust — and sterilizing a planet — around Proxima Centauri Alien life could thrive in a place like Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus, experiment shows - The Washington Post Microbes found in Earth’s deep ocean might grow on Saturn’s moon Enceladus - The Verge Earth's core is 2...

In our episode this week we talk with former Google data scientist and author, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz. Seth explains exactly how the internet provides a window to the soul and how we can use this data to answer some of the most difficult, and most interesting questions of our time. With conclusions ranging from strange-but-true to thought-provoking to disturbing, he explores the power of this digital truth serum and its deeper potential—revealing biases deeply embedded within us, information we can use to change our culture, and the questions we’re afraid to ask that might be essential to our health—both emotional and physical...

We all sustain emotional wounds. Failure, guilt, rejection, and loss are as much a part of life as the occasional scraped elbow. But while we typically bandage a cut or ice a sprained ankle, our first aid kit for emotional injuries is not just understocked—it’s nonexistent. Think about it... we learn about germs, scrapes, and sprains starting at 2 years old, but we often don't learn about emotional injuries and proper treatment until they have become debilitating...