Calculate your neighborhood"s "cognability"
Does your neighborhood help protect your cognitive health as you age?.....»»
Work conditions are better in firms led by "neighborhood CEOs," paper claims
In his "Neighborhood CEOs" (with Morten Bennedsen, INSEAD, and Birthe Larsen, Copenhagen Business School), Amore, a Full Professor at Bocconi Department of Management and Technology, shows that "firms led by neighborhood CEOs—defined by physical di.....»»
This Epson Home Cinema Projector is $100 off for Black Friday
Make your home the neighborhood cinema when you get the Epson Home Cinema 880 for just $500, a big $100 off of the typical $600 price. See 320 inches in 1080p!.....»»
School choice motivated midterm voters in superintendent races. What that means for students
Pandemic-related school closures at neighborhood public schools led parents to wonder what other options they had. Many voted for the people they hope will give them more choices as they chose state superintendents on their midterm ballots this month.....»»
Chicago says it"s on track to plant 15,000 trees in first step to fix city"s tree disparities
About four days a week, Dulce Garduno picks a few blocks in the Little Village neighborhood and knocks on doors. If there's no response, she flags it as a house to revisit. If someone answers, she makes her pitch by posing a simple question: Do you w.....»»
They"re doing their best: How these 3 neighborhood "pests" deal with rainy days
Have you had a recent encounter with an animal you'd much rather avoid? As La Niña continues to give us rainy days, brush turkeys, bats, and cockroaches are emerging from their hide-outs......»»
"Threat multiplier": How climate change affects health
Deadlier than COVID, or even rivalling cancer? Researchers have been increasingly attempting to calculate the effect climate change will have on health if the world does not act quickly to reduce carbon emissions......»»
Tropical cyclones act as "massive heat pumps" that fuel extreme heat
Three days after Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico in mid-September, the National Weather Service issued an extreme heat advisory, warning that the heat index—which incorporates humidity to calculate perceived temperature—could reach up to 109 d.....»»
Robotics startup develops shoe accessory that increases your walking speed to a run
The way Moonwalkers work is simple. Sensors in each skate measure the user's gait. Built-in AI algorithms calculate the walker's speed and acceleration and fluidly adjust motor speed automatically, so the change doesn't create a shift in balance. All.....»»
Some of the most drastic risks from climate change are routinely excluded from economic models, says study
The risks from climate change are likely to be greater than economists usually calculate, because their models routinely exclude potentially devastating but hard-to-quantify threats such as the collapse of ocean circulation currents, civil breakdowns.....»»
Astronomers spot a monster black hole ‘practically in our backyard’
Recently, astronomers discovered a massive black hole just 1,550 light-years away, which is right in our neighborhood, astronomically speaking......»»
Doorbell cameras raise privacy questions and threaten gig workers, says report
Doorbell cameras like Ring offer a number of benefits to consumers, but have also normalized home and neighborhood surveillance, says a new report. In particular, they are effectively turning customers of services like Amazon into pseudo managers of.....»»
Income, segregated schools drive Black-white education gaps, study finds
Given the same levels of family, school and neighborhood hardship, Black students would be more likely than their white classmates to complete high school and attend college—reversing current disparities, according to new research from the Universi.....»»
Model calculates energetics of piercing fangs, claws and other biological weapons
Researchers have created a model that can calculate the energetics involved when one organism stabs another with its fangs, thorns, spines or other puncturing parts. Because the model can be applied to a variety of organisms, it will help scientists.....»»
Filthy floodwaters from Hurricane Ian drove wave of flesh-eating infections
Health officials warn those in floodwaters to cover open wounds. Enlarge / A resident of Gulf Air mobile home park walks through floodwaters from Hurricane Ian through her neighborhood near Fort Myers Beach on September 29. (credit: G.....»»
Verizon launching enhanced spam filter with category labels [New labels and neighborhood spoofing detection]
Verizon is out with an update for its Call Filter and Call Filter Plus system that automatically labels and fights spam/robocalls and spam texts. The carrier’s customers are starting to see category labels like “Healthcare,” “Public Service,.....»»
How the costs of disasters like Hurricane Ian are calculated, and why it takes so long to add them up
The U.S. experienced 15 disasters in the first nine months of 2022 that each caused at least US$1 billion in damage. Hurricane Ian is taking the largest toll of these disasters by far—but the extent of the damage could take years to calculate with.....»»
Addressing urban inequalities with open-source data
People in deprived city areas tend to have less services available than inhabitants in wealthier parts. They have less access to urban infrastructure such as pharmacies, libraries, sports clubs and even public transport in their neighborhood. Reversi.....»»
The thinking undead: How dormant bacteria calculate their return to life
Facing starvation and stress conditions, some bacteria enter a dormant state in which life processes stop. Shutting down into a deep dormancy allows these cells, called spores, to withstand punishing extremes of heat, pressure and even the harsh cond.....»»
Risk of urban tree falls in São Paulo is influenced by building height and neighborhood age, study shows
According to a study in the journal Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, the factors that most influence and increase the risk of tree failure in São Paulo (the capital of São Paulo state in Brazil) are the height of nearby buildings and the age of the.....»»
Google gives Maps’ Immersive View a boost and adds a new vibe feature
Google is expanding its Immersive View feature and adding search to Live View. It's also introducing a feature to help you get a quick feel for a neighborhood......»»