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Humans can live on Moon for longer periods in this decade, says NASA

Not just SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the US space agency also thinks that humans could stay on the Moon for a longer period in this decade.Howard Hu, who leads the Orion lunar spacecraft programme for NASA, told the BBC that the Artemis missions "enable us to have a sustainable platform and transportation system that allows us to learn how to operate in that deep space environment.""We're going to be sending people down to the surface, and they're going to be living on that surface and doing science," Hu was quoted as saying in…

Humans can live on Moon for longer periods in this decade: NASA : The Tribune India

London, November 21 Not just SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the US space agency also thinks that humans could stay on the Moon for a longer period in this decade. Howard Hu, who leads the Orion lunar spacecraft programme for NASA, told the BBC that the Artemis missions "enable us to have a sustainable platform and transportation system that allows us to learn how to operate in that deep space environment". "We're going to be sending people down to the surface and they're going to…

London Heathrow Airport Needs 12,500 More Staff to Cope With Peak Periods

LONDON—Heathrow Airport said businesses operating at the international hub need to train and recruit about 12,500 additional staff to meet demand during peak-travel periods and to avoid the travel chaos seen in recent months. The airport, Europe’s biggest before the Covid-19 pandemic, said it is establishing a recruitment task force to fill the vacancies and avoid the delays and long lines that disrupted passengers during the summer. One of the biggest challenges in that recruitment…

A look at the research project tracking people at risk for suicide using data from smartphones and wearables to identify periods of high…

Ellen Barry / New York Times: A look at the research project tracking people at risk for suicide using data from smartphones and wearables to identify periods of high danger and intervene — A unique research project is tracking hundreds of people at risk for suicide, using data from smartphones and wearable biosensors … Ellen Barry / New York Times: A look at the research project tracking people at risk for suicide using data from smartphones and wearables to identify periods of high…

Critical Learning Periods in Deep Networks | by Cameron Wolfe | Sep, 2022

Why the first epochs matter the most…Empirical demonstration of the existence of critical learning periods in both artificial and biological system (from )To understand critical learning periods within deep learning, it is helpful to first look at a related analogy to biological systems. Within humans and animals, critical periods are defined as times of early post-natal (i.e., after birth) development, during which impairments to learning (e.g., sensory deficits) can lead to permanent impairment of one’s skills . For…

Mahindra XUV700 waiting periods down by 3 months; Here’s why

Ever since its launch, the Mahindra XUV700 has been selling like hotcakes, with it consistently managing to be one of the highest-selling SUVs in Mahindra’s stable. However, the one thing which has disappointed many, especially the potential buyers of the XUV700, is the gruesomely long waiting period. In the recent past, the waiting period for some of the variants of the Mahindra XUV700 reached up to 19 months, which is more than one and a half years. Now, Mahindra is said to have ramped up the production of the XUV700,…

Oxygen-poor zones shrank under past warm periods, scientists discover

Sites from which core data are reported or discussed, plotted over modern dissolved O2 concentrations at 350 m water depth. Tectonically driven changes in site locations are shown with symbol size (see legend). Filled circles indicate cores with FB-δ15N data, from this study (872/516) and from Kast et al. (1209/1263), and open circles indicate cores with foraminiferal δ18O data discussed in the text (and references therein). Dissolved O2…

Dish TV, D2h Remove Lock-in Periods for Individual Channels, Channel Packs, Bouquets

Dish TV has removed lock-in periods that were applicable on channel bouquets, free-to-air (FTA) channel packs, and individual channels. The new change is in place for both Dish TV and D2h subscribers. However, lock-in periods are still applicable on add-on packs, and they range from 30 to 360 days - depending on the pack duration. Dish TV earlier removed lock-in periods for its subscribers in early 2019, though it brought them back a few months later.As per the latest update, Dish TV and its subsidiary D2h, both have…

There Could Be Planets Orbiting Violent Dead Stars, And Now We Know How to Find Them

Have you heard of LU Camelopardalis, QZ Serpentis, V1007 Herculis, and BK Lyncis? No, they're not members of a boy band in ancient Rome. They're Cataclysmic Variables, binary stars that are so close together one star draws material from its sibling. This causes the pair to vary wildly in brightness.  Can planets exist in this chaotic environment? Can we spot them? A new study answers yes to both.Cataclysmic Variables (CVs) undergo large increases in brightness. All stars vary in brightness to some degree, even our own…

Track your Period on WhatsApp now: Read to know-how

Image Source : FREEPIK Track your Period on WhatsApp now: Read to know-how Sirona, an Indian feminine hygiene brand has introduced Period Tracker on WhatsApp for women, to keep a check on the menstruation cycle. Claimed as an easy-to-use WhatsApp Period Tracking tool will show the menstruators across demographics and geographies to keep a tab on their periods just by sending a “Hi” to the Sirona WhatsApp Business Account. The users can save the number +919718866644.  Built on the WhatsApp Business Platform, the…