--- --- # The Mystery of Awe by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute May 27, 2016 4:01 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute May 27, 2016 4:01 PM UTC **1\.** [**Astronauts are changed when they see Earth from space. Can we understand — and harness — that feeling of awe?**](http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/05/scientists-are-trying-to-solve-the-mystery-of-awe.html) By Jordan Rosenfeld in the Science of Us **2\.** [**The ‘woman voter’ is a myth.**](http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/26/opinions/myths-about-women-voters-thomson-deveaux/index.html) By Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux at CNN **3\.** [**Sex crimes should have no statute of limitations.**](http://time.com/4349546/statute-limitations-rape-feldman/) By Jill Filipovic in Time **4\.** [**Find out how scientists are taking inspiration from nature’s super-strong bones and shells to create better concrete.**](http://news.mit.edu/2016/finding-new-formula-for-concrete-0526) By Jennifer Chu at MIT News **5\.** [**Want to practice your language skills? This startup will pair you with a refugee to learn Arabic.**](http://www.marketplace.org/2016/05/19/world/start-sparks-conversation-syrian-refugees) By Reema Khrais at Marketplace  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ The Mystery of Awe ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4350333/mystery-awe/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4350333/mystery-awe/"},"headline":"The Mystery of Awe","datePublished":"2016-05-27T16:01:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:57.386Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4350333/mystery-awe/","keywords":["Innovation","elections","Refugees","Construction"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4350333/mystery-awe/","name":"The Mystery of Awe"}}]}] ```