📄 Talk data to me: OpenAI paid users can upload a mountain of PDFs, data files and images. It will spit out a full analysis in moments — something that might take a human team months. It’ll even answer questions and generate charts, too.
Study shows the top 10 most dangerous cities - Do you agree?
Before you bite on a headline about this online, let me give you the whole story. MoneyGeek analyzed FBI crime stats from 2021 (the latest available) to see which cities across the U.S. are the safest and least safe.
Now, before you scan this list, a few grains of salt: The data is two years old, the FBI had just switched platforms and not everyone knew how to submit, and not every city and town provided 12 months of info.
Most dangerous US cities
The list was determined using the crime cost per capita, violent crime rate, property crime rate, cost of crime and population. Here are the top 10 most dangerous cities, according to the study.
- Pine Bluff, Arkansas
- Monroe, Louisiana
- Houma, Louisiana
- Wilmington, Delaware
- Texarkana, Texas
- Petersburg, Virginia
- Saginaw, Michigan
- Youngstown, Ohio
- Flint, Michigan
- Salisbury, NC
The safest cities and towns? Study says:
- Yorktown, New York
- Mason, Ohio
- Andover, Massachusetts
- Southlake, Texas
- Arlington, Massachusetts
- Princeton, New Jersey
- Hampden Township, Pennsylvania
- Carmel Hamlet, New York
- Needham, Massachusetts
- Greenwich, Connecticut
Check where you live or want to live
- Start with your local police or Sheriff’s Office site. Many agencies publish crime states and maps on their websites. You can often search by ZIP code.
- The FBI tracks crime at the city and state levels. Click a state to explore.
20 happiest places to travel … based on selfies
We all get a limited number of vacation days each year, so when we travel, we’re all trying to get the most joy for our buck.
Researchers used AI analysis of facial expressions in 63,000 Instagram photos taken at tourist destinations worldwide, showing that not all vacations are created equal — and some places are more grin-inducing than others.
🙏 Holy shroud: A blood analysis of the Shroud of Turin might back the biblical story of Jesus’ crucifixion. An engineer used modern tech on samples from the 1970s and found signs of organ failure, trauma, disease and radiation. The blood contained earthen materials typically found in Jerusalem. Isn’t this amazing?!
3,600-year-old cheese
Found buried with Bronze Age mummies in northwestern China. It took researchers a decade of DNA analysis to determine the substance was, in fact, the world’s oldest cheese. Un-brie-lievable.
Coronavirus map: Check the number of cases in your county
The rapid spread of COVID-19 around the globe has prompted an incredible amount of data science and analysis. Thanks to the tireless work of scientists and healthcare professionals, we have a much clearer idea about the disease’s progress, its peaks and its curve of infection.
Best app to monitor your sleep
If there is one thing we can all agree on it is that a good night’s sleep is never a bad thing. That feeling of waking up well-rested is glorious, even if it’s something we don’t get to experience nearly often enough.
20% of produce contains unsafe levels of pesticides
For produce in U.S. grocery stores. Takeaways from Consumer Reports’ analysis: Bell peppers, blueberries (even frozen) and potatoes must be organic to be safe. Celery, collard greens and strawberries must be U.S.-grown or organic to be safe. And green beans must be U.S.-grown and organic to be safe. tl;dr: Buy organic when you can.
🎵 Beethoven’s DNA: Analysis of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair revealed he wasn’t born with any special talent — at least not according to his genes. In other words, the maestro’s magic was probably more about nurture than nature. You can’t beat hard work and grit.