Several wildfires burning across the northwestern Canadian provinces are again sending vast amounts of smoke into the upper Midwest and northeastern US, swamping the area with unhealthy air quality – some of the worst in the world, according to some metrics. Northerly winds began pushing smoke south into Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan on Thursday. Air … Read more
A woman is leaking the truth about flying while on her period — and her warning is going viral: “NEVER wear a Diva Cup on an airplane.” The TikTokker, who goes by El WiWi (@orangelilguy), says she learned the hard way that menstrual products and cabin pressure don’t always play nice at 30,000 feet. Her … Read more
An Army ROTC cadet from New Jersey died during a land navigation training at Fort Knox last Thursday, officials said. Neil Edara, a 22-year-old Ridgewood native who joined Rutgers University’s ROTC in 2021, was in the middle of the training exercise at the Kentucky base when he became unresponsive, according to the US Army Cadet … Read more
Keep this in mind. Some 22% of adults 65 and older are believed to have trouble with their memory and thinking, also known as mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Individuals with MCI can perform most everyday activities and generally manage their own care. Dementia is a growing problem in the US. While there’s no cure, treatments … Read more
New Yorkers were hit with a second day of hazy weather and bad air on Sunday — and more is on the way for this coming week, forecasters warned. The culprit is Canadian wildfires — with more than 550 active blazes in the province of Manitoba alone, and 15 million acres have already been burned … Read more
An analysis of studies incorporating data from almost 30 million people has highlighted the role that air pollution – including that coming from car exhaust emissions – plays in increased risk of dementia. Dementias such as Alzheimer’s disease are estimated to affect more than 57.4 million people worldwide, a number that is expected to almost … Read more
New York was hit with an air quality alert Saturday as smoke from Canadian wildfires drifted across the state. The warning, issued by the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation and the Department of Health, covers the five boroughs, Long Island, the Lower and Upper Hudson Valley and the Adirondacks. Hazy skies blanketed New York on … Read more
The Big Apple could bake Friday under temperatures that feel like a blistering 106 degrees — with severe thunderstorms then possibly disrupting the evening commute. A “heat dome” has formed over much of the East Coast, with thermometers expected to see dangerous 98 degrees, with the brutal humidity making it feel even hotter and more … Read more
A nuclear winter is a theoretical concept, but if the climate scenario expected to follow a large-scale nuclear war, in which smoke and soot from firestorms block sunlight, came to fruition, global temperatures would sharply drop, extinguishing most agriculture. A nuclear winter could last for more than a decade, potentially leading to widespread famine for … Read more
Imagine the concrete in our homes and bridges not only withstanding the ravages of time and natural disasters like the intense heat of wildfires, but actively self-healing or capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Now, researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have developed a revolutionary AI model that can simulate the behavior of … Read more