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More building companies to 'overthrow', as display house giant Metricon loses staff to survive

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One of the country’s most prominent builders will lose nearly a tenth of its workforce, due to growing concerns about Australia’s construction industry. Key points: Metricon has told its workforce it is “restructuring” More than 200 jobs will be started Concerns continue about Australia’s construction industry Metricon was forced to defend itself against rumors of bankruptcy just a few months ago. The company has now notified its roughly 2,500 workforce that it is restructuring. This move will impact 9 percent of its workforce. It worked for more than 200 jobs. Most of the roles that will be taken are not in the building or construction itself, but in front of homework such as sales and marketing. In a statement, Metricon’s acting chief executive Peter Langfelder said the company was contracted to build 6,000 homes. “We are working to restructure our business front end given the current climate and the need to move forward more efficiently,” he said. Australia’s commercial and resident

Scientists find 200 'Goldilocks' zones on the moon where astronauts can survive

Lunar scientists think they’ve found the hottest spot on the Moon, as well as about 200 Goldilocks zones that are always close to San Francisco’s average temperature. The moon has wild temperature fluctuations, with parts of month heats up to 260 degrees Fahrenheit (127 degrees Celsius) during the day and drops to minus 280 F (minus 173 C) at night. But the 200 newly analyzed shading moon holes are always 63 F (17 C), meaning they’re perfect for humans to shelter from extreme temperatures. They can also protect astronauts from the dangers of the solar wind, micrometeorites, and cosmic rays . Some of those holes may lead to equally warm caves. These partially shady holes and dark caverns could be ideal for lunar bases, scientists say. “Surviving on a lunar night is very difficult because it requires a lot of energy, but being in these holes and caves almost completely eliminates that requirement,” Tyler Horvath, a doctoral student in planetary science at the University of California,

Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke has lost a bit of her brain. How do people survive and thrive after a brain injury?

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In a recent interview, Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke talked about being able to live “absolutely normal” after two aneurysms – one in 2011 and one in 2013 – caused brain injuries. He went on to undergo two brain surgeries. An aneurysm is a bulge or balloon in the wall of a blood vessel, often accompanied by a headache or severe pain. So how can people survive and thrive despite having, as Clarke puts it, “a little bit missing” from their brain? The key to understanding how brains can recover from trauma is that they are highly plastic – meaning our body’s supercomputer can reshape and remodel itself. Read more: Growing up in a disadvantaged environment can change children’s brains – and their reactions Our amazing plastic brain The brain can adapt and change in extraordinary ways. You do it now as you form new memories. It’s not that the brain has evolved to deal with brain trauma or stroke or aneurysm; our ancestors usually died when that happened and may not