How Humans Will Get to Deep Space

1. If humans want to travel to other planets, we’ll need to learn how to hibernate.

By Evan Ackerman in IEEE Spectrum

2. Can the New York Times and Google save commenting on the Internet?

By Benjamin Mullin at Poynter

3. To stay alive, firefighters are using the technology NASA created to keep rovers from getting lost on Mars.

By Emily Matchar in Smithsonian

4. Same-day payment is a key factor for survival in the gig economy.

By Ellen Huet in Bloomberg Technology

5. Want to boost your pain threshold? Watch a sad movie.

By Emily Underwood in Science Magazine

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