Calculate your neighborhood"s "cognability"
Does your neighborhood help protect your cognitive health as you age?.....»»
Study: Low-traffic neighborhoods in London borough cut daily driving among residents by 1.3 km
Residents in the London Borough of Lambeth started driving less once their area became a low traffic neighborhood (LTN) relative to those living in surrounding areas, according to a new study......»»
Using social media cherry blossom images and AI to track climate patterns
New research by Monash University experts has tracked Japanese hanami (flower viewing) via social media images, producing an unprecedented map of cherry blossoms across Japan to document their annual bloom and calculate its peak in major cities......»»
Human crowds are best modeled by a "visual neighborhood"
Human crowd dynamics are best predicted by a visual neighborhood model, based on the visual fields of each person in the crowd. Birds flock, fish school, and human crowds, too, move in a collective motion pattern. Understanding human crowd behavior c.....»»
Ford wins reversal of $105 million trade secrets U.S. court award
A federal judge said that while Versata Software offered sufficient evidence of a contract breach, it did not offer evidence to let jurors calculate damages accurately......»»
UK public among most trusting of their neighbors internationally and increasingly comfortable living next to outsiders
The UK now has some of the highest levels of neighborhood trust internationally, while Britons have also become much more comfortable with having neighbors who belong to historically marginalized groups, such as gay people, those of a different race,.....»»
Information Theory Finds the Best Wordle Starting Words
Information theory can help people mathematically calculate the best starting guess for the popular online game.....»»
Massive West Nile Virus outbreak in Arizona shattered records, killed 101
The cause is unclear, but climate change and the pandemic likely played roles. Enlarge / Eddie Robles drives a Maricopa County Vector Control fogging truck through a neighborhood August 4, 2004, in Tempe, Arizona. Areas known to.....»»
NASA satellite"s elusive green lasers spotted at work
The green light streaking across the cloudy sky was something that Daichi Fujii had never seen before. The museum curator's motion-detecting cameras were set up near Japan's Mount Fuji to capture meteors, allowing him to calculate their position, bri.....»»
Space-based NASA instrument to track pollution over North America
A Falcon 9 rocket successfully blasted off from Florida into space on Friday carrying a new NASA device that can track air pollution over North America down to the neighborhood level......»»
My Currency Converter and Rates 7.5 review: calculate money exchange when offline
Whether buying a croissant in Paris or haggling over souvenirs in Bali, you must know if you are getting a fair price. Here's an app that helps you convert currencies when traveling abroad, even without Wi-Fi.My Currency Converter and Rates app revie.....»»
Deadly fungal outbreak in Wisconsin linked to neighborhood construction
The outbreak centered around a one-mile area where the fungus wasn't known to lurk. Enlarge / This micrograph shows the presence of the fungal agent Blastomyces dermatitidis, 1978. (credit: Getty | CDC/Dr. Libero Ajello).....»»
Particle errors: Quantifying the effects of simulation mixing state on aerosol optical properties
Particles in the atmosphere affect global climate. For example, the black carbon from burning fossil fuels absorbs and radiates light and heat. To calculate the effects of aerosols on climate, scientists rely on simulated aerosol fields. How these mo.....»»
New study shows how Chicago pollution varies by neighborhood
If you live along one of the major interstate highways running through Chicago or directly next to Lake Michigan, you are regularly exposed to more air pollution than the rest of the city, a new Northwestern University study has found......»»
Study finds neighborhood apps increase perceptions of crime rates
How often do you glance at your neighborhood app, like Nextdoor or others, and learn about some crime in your area? Surely, it was not the intention of the app developers, but every time you hear of a crime nearby, you might think that crime in your.....»»
A small, fuzzy dwarf galaxy in our neighborhood captured by Hubble
This week's image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a galaxy in our backyard, cosmically speaking, taken as part of a project to image nearby galaxies......»»
Gun violence is the top killer of US kids—the pandemic made it worse
Researchers call for firearm policy changes and efforts to address structural racism. Enlarge / Guns on display during a buyback event in the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles on March 4. Los Angeles County, in partnership w.....»»
Places of worship linked with more neighborhood crime in Washington, D.C
A new analysis of crime statistics near hundreds of places of worship in Washington, D.C., shows that these sites are associated with higher levels of violent and property crime—even after accounting for other factors commonly linked with crime. Ja.....»»
Finding the right approach to socializing cats
Whether they are a purring housecat or a prowling neighborhood cat, felines react differently to new experiences depending on how they were socialized. Owners can choose to increase their cat's comfort level in new experiences but should first consid.....»»
Research shows what is lost when refugees have to leave a neighborhood
Just over a year after fleeing the Taliban and seeking asylum in the UK, more than 150 Afghan refugees, including children, are facing more upheaval. In a matter of weeks, the Home Office has given dozens of refugee and asylum seeker families short n.....»»
New Earth-sized exoplanet detected in the solar neighborhood
Using NASA's Kepler spacecraft and Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered a new Earth-sized exoplanet located about 70 light years away from the sun. The newfound exoworld, designated K2-415b, is at least three time.....»»