2:00 PM -- Are you a People Person, with some time to kill? BBC News reports:

...12 volunteers will locked [sic] in an isolation tank for 17 months to simulate a trip to Mars for the European Space Agency.

The aim is to gain insight into human behaviour and group dynamics under the kinds of conditions astronauts would experience - "crowding, lack of privacy, high workload, mechanical breakdowns, boredom with available food, and limited communication with mission control, family and friends," the agency says in its job advert...

Yadda yadda yadda... a boring story. But here's what piqued our interest:

Countless studies attest to the ennui stalking our lives, and psychologist Sandi Mann claims that "boredom is the second most commonly suppressed emotion at work." [emphasis added]

— Larry, Emotional Monkey, Light Reading