Dogs make wonderful friends. Our canine buddies have long provided us with devotion, affection, and steadfast friendship, but there may now be even another advantage. Neighborhoods with more dogs have lower rates of violent crime, including homicide, robbery, and, to a lesser extent, aggravated assaults, according to Ohio State University researchers. The study, which was just … [Read more...] about A Study Suggests That Having More Dogs in a Neighborhood May Help Reduce Crime
more
Europe Will Freeze if The Gulf Stream Ceases, Which is at Its Weakest Level in More Than a Thousand Years
Sediments and ice cores show that the warm ocean current that maintains northern Europe habitable is weaker than it has ever been in the last thousand years. The discovery raises the possibility that the current will weaken even more, which would be disastrous for the UK and Ireland and bad news for many other locations. Northern Europe's climate has been governed for … [Read more...] about Europe Will Freeze if The Gulf Stream Ceases, Which is at Its Weakest Level in More Than a Thousand Years
Study Discovers Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” Is Melting and Getting More Unstable
The Thwaites glacier in western Antarctica, also known as the "doomsday glacier," has the power to completely destroy the world. According to NASA estimations, it is roughly the size of Britain and if it melted, the sea level would rise by 0.5 meters (1.6 feet). The cascade of ice melt that would undoubtedly result from it is more worrisome because it would expose glaciers that … [Read more...] about Study Discovers Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” Is Melting and Getting More Unstable
More Evidence That Our Universe Model Is Broken
We rely on models to understand the universe, and these models are constantly being refined in response to new observations and theories. In recent years, it has become clear that the way we see the universe, the Standard Model of Cosmology, is no longer matching up with observations, resulting in a complex yet fascinating problem. The problem is summarized by a single … [Read more...] about More Evidence That Our Universe Model Is Broken
Magnetic Pole Reversal May Occur More Rapidly Than Expected
In order to track alterations in the Earth's magnetic field, a global research team has been examining stalagmites in China. They assert that they have found evidence that suggests pole reversal can occur over a much shorter timeframe than previously thought possible—perhaps just a few centuries—and has in the past. The research, which was published in the Proceedings of the … [Read more...] about Magnetic Pole Reversal May Occur More Rapidly Than Expected