NASA’s 2024 Human Lander Challenge (HuLC) Forum brought 12 university teams from across the United States to Huntsville, Alabama, near the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center, to showcase their innovative concepts for addressing the complex issue of managing lunar dust. The 12 finalists, selected in March 2024, presented their final presentations to a panel of NASA...
Experienced spacewalkers, university students, flight controllers, and NASA team members at all stages of their career recently came together at Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) for an anniversary celebration that looked to the future as much as the past. The Office of STEM Engagement’s Micro-g Neutral Buoyancy Experiment Design Teams (Micro-g...
Written by Benjamin Corll, CISO in Residence, Zscaler. Why are organizations spending money on cybersecurity solutions when studies show 88% of data breaches are caused by human mistakes? If youâre a cybersecurity leader you have probably heard some variation of this question from people skeptical of our industry. The implication is that itâs unwise to buy...
“I graduated in 2008, so that job market was not super great, and I ended up with this very unusual job working for this guy who thought that he had some new theory of physics that he wanted to work on. And so I was responsible for creating little computer simulations, trying to resemble some version of his ideas. His whole thing was like a quasi-spiritual tool...
From navigating the depths of the human mind to exploring the vastness of space, Dr. Alexandra (Sandra) Whitmire helps lead research on the effects of prolonged isolation and confinement as NASA prepares to voyage to the Moon and eventually Mars. Whitmire is the lead scientist for the Human Factors and Behavioral Performance element (HFBP) within NASA’s Human...
Written by Cetark. In today’s cybersecurity landscape, Security Operations Centers (SOCs) are increasingly using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to boost their defenses. AI offers substantial benefits, like automating repetitive tasks and improving threat detection, but human expertise remains essential. SOC analysts play a crucial role in an AI-enhanced environment...
Originally published by Oasis Security. Written by Yonit Glozshtein, Director of Product Management, Oasis Security. Unmanaged non-human identities (NHIs) pose a significant security risk in today’s digital landscape. NHIs often operate outside traditional IT security reviews, making them vulnerable to exploitation. A common scenario we encounter during...
In their invited review in Anesthesiology Clinics, the authors discuss ethical issues and considerations concerning the use of animals in science, and how these can be used by some to justify animal experimentation. They also make the case that human ethics must take a much more prominent role. If biomedical science is not sufficiently human relevant, then it is...
March 7, 2011 Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) and the Puffin Foundation Announce Major New Human Rights Award Internationally Famed Judge Baltasar Garzón Named First Recipient Contact: Bobbi Schlesinger/ALBA973-226-6097*protected email* “Today, the whole world is watching as the people of nation after nation struggle to obtaintheir freedom from oppressive...
August 9, 2011 ALBA is now accepting nominations for the 2014 ALBA-Puffin International Award for Human Rights Activism About the Award: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives and the Puffin Foundation invite nominations for the ALBA-Puffin International Award for Human Rights Activism. The Award is granted on an annual basis to individuals or organizations whose...