Calculate your neighborhood"s "cognability"
Does your neighborhood help protect your cognitive health as you age?.....»»
See a bizarre sculpture made from 15 pounds of human hair
Part art, part Demogorgon, all hair. A strange sculpture has landed in the window of a hair salon in the trendy neighborhood of Notting Hill in London. It’s tall, it’s furry, and it’s made of human hair.Read Full Story.....»»
Calculate your neighborhood"s "cognability"
Does your neighborhood help protect your cognitive health as you age?.....»»
Space expert reveals Guinness World Records of the universe
A space expert has taken Guinness World Records beyond its own neighborhood to highlight some amazing facts and figures that exist in the rest of the universe......»»
New study argues that neighborhood associations should reflect the communities they belong to
The difference between a desirable, vibrant neighborhood and one that is stagnant and moribund can depend on the strength of its local associations. These groups often act as the engine of local public life, organizing the kinds of sporting activitie.....»»
Musk wants Twitter to identify employees who calculate spam percentage
Musk tells judge Twitter isn't producing names of employees he wants to question. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Carol Yepes) Elon Musk's lawyers want to question the Twitter employees responsible for calculating spam-account.....»»
Researchers develop new way to calculate environmental impact of ammonia production
Have you ever wondered about the carbon impact of growing your dinner? Scientists have just come up with a new way to calculate part of it......»»
In search of universal laws of diffusion with resetting
The manner in which animals penetrate a neighborhood searching for food shows similarities to the movements of liquid particles in plant capillaries or gas molecules near an absorbing wall. These phenomena—and many others in nature—can be thought.....»»
Our kids are no longer "free range"
In the popular Japanese TV series Old Enough, very young children are sent out into their neighborhood on their first solo errand. The release of this long-running series on Netflix this year created a buzz among Western viewers about children travel.....»»
Developing AI models based on human brain activity to solve self-locating and navigation issues
Imagine a future where your hometown gets destroyed by some calamity. In the aftermath, how easily could you locate your home after your neighborhood has been transformed into a giant maze of rubble, leaving only minimal landmarks?.....»»
New method of controlling qubits could advance quantum computers
Quantum computing, a field that relies on the principles of quantum mechanics to calculate outcomes, has the potential to perform tasks too complex for traditional computers and to do so at high speeds, making it in some ways the new frontier for sci.....»»
Apple celebrates opening of Apple Brompton Road store in London
Apple on Thursday officially opened Apple Brompton Road, its newest retail location in the U.K. that boasts a 200-person team.Credit: AppleThe new Apple Store is located near the world-famous Harrods department in the Knightsbridge neighborhood. Appl.....»»
Scientists calculate the risk of someone being killed by space junk
The chance of someone being killed by space junk falling from the sky may seem ridiculously tiny. After all, nobody has yet died from such an accident, though there have been instances of injury and damage to property. But given that we are launching.....»»
Urban heat islands are why it can feel 20 degrees hotter in different parts of the same city
Does it feel sweltering in your neighborhood, yet pleasant at the park a few blocks away? You might be living on an urban heat island......»»
Chicago family creates sanctuaries for monarch butterflies, identified by global group as an endangered species
More than a dozen images of butterflies adorn the front of Claudia Galeno-Sanchez's home in the Pilsen neighborhood. There are monarch butterflies spreading their wings and many other colorful ones sprinkled in between. The small house stands out fro.....»»
Yes, the state of the environment is grim, but you can make a difference, right in your own neighborhood
The newly released State of the Environment report paints a predictably grim picture. Species are in decline, ecosystems are at breaking point, and threats abound. For many of us, it can feel like a problem that's too big, too complex and too distant.....»»
5 tangible tips for hosting a pop-up playground in your neighborhood
Decades of research show the benefits of unstructured play—so two nonprofits have created a comprehensive tool kit to help you get started. City kids need places to play outside, but too many neighborhoods don’t have access to parks or.....»»
Employee badges at 167 Green Street in Chicago gain Apple Wallet capabilities [U]
Employee badges at Chicago’s Fulton Market District neighborhood 167 Green Street are now Apple Wallet compatible. Instead of having a physical badge, employees only need their iPhone or Apple Watch to access their destination. Sharry, a European.....»»
Calculating the positive impact of electric car adoption
We calculate that 2 million EVs equates to 20,000 fewer deaths from climate change. Enlarge / A row of Tesla EVs charging at one of the company's Supercharger fast charging locations. (credit: Don and Melinda Crawford/UCG/Universal Ima.....»»
More Dogs In the Neighborhood Often Means Less Crime
In a study conducted in Columbus, researchers found that neighborhoods with more dogs had lower rates of homicide, robbery and, to a lesser extent, aggravated assaults compared to areas with fewer dogs, at least when residents also had high levels of.....»»
More dogs in the neighborhood often means less crime
If you want to find a safe neighborhood to live in, choose one where the residents trust each other—and have a lot of dogs to walk......»»