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AstroWeekly: The default mode network

When you think too much about something, it carves a groove in your mind. Whether it’s about a person, a past occurrence, or a future event, overthinking will incise a channel in your brain that can be difficult to escape. Although these may sound like simple metaphors spoken by

A strange creature

Octopus, chameleon, mushroom, giraffe…we share the planet with organisms that look more alien than any image that I can conjure. I think that the magnificence of our naturally selected friends, paired with how often we see other humans, causes us to overlook our own weirdness. Repetition breeds indifference. The