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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin When the world is warned for weeks that an attack is imminent, as it was with Ukraine, there isn’t much more that can be done to prepare. Both Putin and most in NATO countries projected that Ukraine’s national government would be removed and replaced in a matter of days. Since the invasion began, the Ukrainians have inspired the world with a winning strategy deeply rooted in a culture of resilience. A cultural pivot to resilience, even knowing how to make Molotov cocktails to resist an invasion , has enabled a fierce resistance against a technically and numerically superior enemy. After only a few months, the diplomatic worry is shifting away from Ukraine’s likely victory towards how Putin will accept a loss – illustrative of what deeply-rooted resilience in culture can do, even on a shoestring budget. Similarly, resilience is ultimately what will win the imminent first space war. The Biden administration’s continued … [Read more...] about What Putin’s War With Ukraine Teaches Us About Space Resilience

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The moon has water . That’s great news for a future moon-base, but it’s also often talked-up as a resource for creating rocket fuel. Last week NASA announced that it would send a mobile robot, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) to the South Pole of the Moon to find the exact location and concentration of water ice in the region. “The key to living on the Moon is water—the same as here on Earth,” said Daniel Andrews, project manager of the VIPER mission and director of engineering at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. “Since the confirmation of lunar water-ice ten years ago, the question now is if the Moon could really contain the amount of resources we need to live off-world.” Another theory goes that if we can use the water on the moon—which is locked-up as ice, but we’ll worry about that later—to power spacecraft, they will be able to go way, way further into the cosmos and … [Read more...] about Can We Really Use The Moon’s Billion-Year Old Water To Make Rocket Fuel And Open Up The Cosmos?

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced on Thursday that they expanded their Earth Observing Dashboard which documents changes in society and the environment using Earth-observing satellites. With six new sections on atmosphere, agriculture, biomass, water and ocean, cryosphere, and the economy, users can access satellite data from all three agencies and see the relation between human activity and environmental changes across the globe and over time. Described as an “unprecedented collaboration” between the three space agencies, the dashboard was first unveiled in June of 2020 as a tool to keep track of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the economy and environment. At the time the dashboard first launched, the agencies stated their intent to add new sections in the coming months. “NASA, ESA and JAXA collectively represent a unique and valuable human … [Read more...] about Satellite Imagery From NASA, ESA, JAXA Form Comprehensive View Of Environmental Changes

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Light pollution is an excellent way to monitor our progress in reducing carbon emissions and being more conscious of the energy we use. If we’re doing a good job then we will see a big drop in light pollution. If we’re doing nothing then the night sky will continue to disappear from view. Now it looks like England may have a “lockdown legacy” to protect with new evidence that suggests that stargazers are getting a clearer view of the night sky since the COVID lockdowns of 2020 and 2021. A recent star count conducted by CPRE, The Countryside Charity (formerly known as the Council for the Preservation of Rural England) found that more stars are visible at night right now than at any time since 2011. That's when the star counts started. It suggests that severe light pollution is continuing to fall since its 2020 peak, possibly because people are continuing to work from home and, the CPRE suggests, because English … [Read more...] about England’s ‘Lockdown Legacy’ May Be A Clearer View Of The Stars Says New Research

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Shy Carter is the man behind pop and country hits by Charlie Puth (“One Call Away”), Meghan Trainor (“Mr. Almost”), Kane Brown (“Heaven”) and Sugarland (“Stuck Like Glue”). After more than a decade behind the scenes, the songwriter is introducing himself as an artist with his uplifting debut single “Good Love.” Carter’s musical upbringing started as a child in Memphis where he played saxophone in church and eventually on Beale Street. He grew up listening to gospel, jazz, R&B and soul, and all these influences can be heard within his music. Carter’s earliest compositions came in the fourth grade when he’d frequently rap his school presentations. He wrote and recorded his first song at 16 and another one of his original songs received airplay in Grand Rapids, Michigan, shortly after his family relocated during his senior year of high school. Carter soon found himself in Los Angeles shopping for label deals. Thanks to … [Read more...] about After Writing Hits For Charlie Puth And Kane Brown, Shy Carter Is Paving His Own Lane In Country Music

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin 19 August 2018, Germany, Doeringstadt: Only about half of the moon can be seen. Photo: Nicolas ... [+] Armer/dpa (Photo by Nicolas Armer/picture alliance via Getty Images) On Tuesday, NASA officials at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) confirmed the first definitive evidence of water on the surface of the Moon, settling a decades-long debate about whether the substance was ice or simply hydrogen. This discovery has wide-reaching implications for future lunar settlements and exploratory missions in addition to some unexpected results for lunar astronomers. Scientists have previously suspected the presence of ice at the Moon's poles, but the data could have also been explained by reflective properties of the soil. In contrast, this study identified several characteristic signatures that give concrete proof that the Moon is host to a critical resource. Shuai Li, from the Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and … [Read more...] about NASA Confirms The Existence Of Water On The Moon

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin It's going to be a busy summer travel season. And different. The summer travel advice from experts is different, too. Domestic travel volume will rise 16% over last year, with almost 75% of Americans planning to travel domestically for summer vacations, according to Allianz Partners' Top 10 Summer Destinations review . And travel to Europe will soar 600% over last year. ​​ "The floodgates have opened," says Valentina O'Kane, owner of Incognito Global Travel , an affiliate of Embark Beyond. "People are rushing to get out there again. The popular tourist destinations are overbooked, with little if any availability. They are going to be overcrowded and overpriced this summer." I just interviewed 200 top travel experts about what lies ahead for travel. Here's part one of my series , which outlines what to expect in the next three months. There are two important takeaways. Covid is far from over, so you may … [Read more...] about Don’t Go There! Expert Summer Travel Advice For Your Next Vacation

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Michel Kilzi is a serial entrepreneur, data intelligence expert with a vision to redefine the role of data as an asset. If there’s one thing that’s the talk of the town today, it’s the metaverse. A blend of virtual reality, augmented reality, sensorial tech and spatial computing, the metaverse promises to give us new experiences from our couches or cubicles. But the metaverse is not just some gaming space, sci-fi dream come true. Nor is it limited to tech companies—it is an entirely new economy. Even traditional firms, including restaurants like McDonald's and retailers like Nike , are preparing for the metaverse to become a space where you’ll be able to go shopping, play games, meet friends, attend concerts, work and generally build a virtual life. Since the metaverse is still in its infancy, there is no clear path to profitability for most businesses; everyone is scrambling to strike gold first. As we … [Read more...] about The New Virtual Economy Of The Metaverse

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Noosheen Hashemi is founder and CEO of January AI. The health tech sector is expanding rapidly, having received an infusion of capital at the start of the pandemic that is proving to be a new status quo . The outlook is promising for what continued digitization and technological innovation can bring when it comes to healthcare. And one of the most exciting things happening in the health tech space doesn’t require the design of new technologies or the development of new therapies; rather, it’s a smarter and more efficient way of leveraging what we already have: healthcare data. I’ve argued the benefits of individuals owning their own healthcare data in the past, and the points in favor are clear, from increased privacy to greater consumer choice. The larger question, then, is how such a paradigm can be implemented. How will health data be protected? The Interoperability and Patient Access Final … [Read more...] about How To Make Individual Healthcare Data Ownership A Reality