Latest Articles
-
Dec- 2021 -3 DecemberNASA
NASA awards $415 million for private space stations amid ISS transition questions
Blue Origin has teamed up with Sierra Space, Boeing and others to build Orbital Reef, a private space station, to begin flying by the end of the 2020s. (Image credit: Blue Origin) NASA just doled out a big chunk of change for the design of private space stations, On Thursday (Dec. 2), the agency announced that it has awarded three funded Space Act Agreements valued at a total of $415.6 million. The money is split almost evenly among three U.S. companies leading each project: Blue Origin ($130 million), Nanoracks LLC ($160 million) and Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. ($125.6 million). All…
Read More » -
3 DecemberCoding
DevOps services. What is it?
Many modern developing companies are now adopting the DevOps approach to increase their efficiency. This methodology was created to achieve better results from the collaboration of IT operation and app testing teams. With DevOps support services, you will benefit from better communication between the developing teams and consequently receive quicker and finer results from this work. The KPI value of quality assurance processes for your company can be increased immensely thanks to the DevOps solutions. The Meaning of DevOps and its Benefits DevOps is essentially a portmanteau of development and operations. DevOps is a viewpoint adopted by IT companies that allows…
Read More » -
3 DecemberScience
Archaeology Mystery Solved: Strange Footprints From Laetoli, Tanzania, Are From Early Humans
Model of Laetoli Site A using photogrammetry showing five hominin footprints (a); and corresponding contour map of the site at Laetoli, Tanzania, generated from a 3D surface scan (b); map showing Laetoli, which is located within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in northern Tanzania, south of Olduvai Gorge (c); topographical maps of A2 footprint (d) and A3 footprint (e). Credit: Images (a) and (b) by Austin C. Hill and Catherine Miller. Image (c): Illustration using GoogleMaps by Ellison McNutt. Images (d) and (e) by Stephen Gaughan and James Adams Findings provide conclusive evidence that multiple species of hominins co-existed on the…
Read More » -
3 DecemberNutrition
New Research Finds Eating Lots of Avocados Has Public Health Benefits for Issues Like Obesity
Randomized controlled trial found that families with high avocado consumption self-reported reduced caloric intake and an overall healthier diet. In a novel study, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science conducted a randomized controlled trial comparing the potential health effects between families that consumed a low allotment of avocados (three per week) and families that consumed a high allotment (14 per week) over six months. All families were of Mexican descent. They found that the high avocado allotment families self-reported lower caloric consumption, reducing their…
Read More » -
2 DecemberNASA
UVSC Pathfinding Experiment To Study Origins of Solar Energetic Particles – Sun’s Most Dangerous Form of Radiation
Lead Image: A close up of a solar eruption, including a solar flare, a coronal mass ejection, and a solar energetic particle event. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center A joint NASA-U.S. Naval Research Laboratory experiment dedicated to studying the origins of solar energetic particles — the Sun’s most dangerous form of radiation — is ready for launch. UVSC Pathfinder — short for Ultraviolet Spectro-Coronagraph Pathfinder — will hitch a ride to space aboard STPSat-6, the primary spacecraft of the Space Test Program-3 (STP-3) mission for the Department of Defense. STP-3 is scheduled to lift off on a United Launch…
Read More »
