By the age of 10, Katherine Johnson was in high school. In 1961, she calculated the trajectory of NASA's first trip into space. She was so consistently accurate that when NASA began to use computers, they had her to check the calculations to make sure they were correct.

A superb and humanistic explanation of how metacognition and learning (changes in behaviour) are so interlinked, and that together they can improve mental health and wellbeing. Connection and reflection are so crucial #wellbeingislearning washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/…

"We have excellent scientific evidence that the mere act of putting an unwanted feeling into words reduces the sting of that emotion" Listening is the most underrated yet potent method of connecting with a young person in need. www-nytimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nytime…

It underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly and compassionately with one another and to preserve and cherish that pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.

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Full Moon from the International Space Station. 📸 NASA

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Bibliotherapy says that we engage with literature not only for pleasure or academic purposes, but to ease existential pains and heal our minds Peter Leyland bit.ly/3La3Ran

Earth rising over the Moon captured by the Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft Kaguya

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The field of cognitive science is awesome. It combines fields that need to talk to each other, such as #AI, #philosophy, #neuroscience, #biology, #psychology, #linguistics, and #anthropology. In the coming years, I predict cognitive scientists will be in more demand than ever.

This opportunity is once in generations. We are at a fork in the road. Choose hope. Choose change. Choose a better future. VOTE YES.

Appealing to Australians to consider the impact of a "No" vote on the mental health of First Nations people & indeed the mental health & well being of the whole population. To say nothing about our collective sense of unity, cohesion & self respect, plus respect among all nations

The essential point is that if you are privileged the status quo and social cohesion appear to be the same thing , so then you naturally see any challenge to the status quo as divisiveness. The missing element is empathy.

Take the politics out of your vote or this gap between us will never be healed. And that would be to our shared and eternal detriment. Vote YES. theage.com.au/politics/feder…

🧪 I'm excited to share that I'll be learning something new about AI for 100 days as part of the #100DaysOfAI challenge! Starting January 1st! Join me via @100DaysAI! 100daysai.com

Do you remember this quote from Carl Sagan?