## 30,000 years of history reveals that hard times boost human societies' resilience

Authored by livescience.com

At least that's the case for human civilizations across 30,000 years of history, according to a new analysis published May 1 in the journal Nature .

The study found that, across the globe, ancient human societies that experienced more setbacks were also quicker to bounce back from future downturns.

This seesaw between vulnerability and resilience was particularly strong among early farmers and herders, Riris and his colleagues found.

Agricultural communities throughout history experienced more downturns overall than other societies, such as hunter-gatherer groups, but they also recovered from these downturns more quickly than other groups.

"It's an important paper," said Dagomar Degroot , an associate professor at Georgetown University who studies how climate change influenced human history and who was not involved in the research.

All of the societies in the study were preindustrial and might have little in common with today's global order.

"It provides that overarching framework that will allow resilience to be tackled systematically," he said. »

### USPS suspends mail delivery to Citrus County neighborhood with sandpit streets

Authored by abcactionnews.com

They live in Inverness Village 4, a Citrus County neighborhood that was somehow built with no drainage system.

It’s so bad that neighbors in Inverness Village 4 just lost another modern convenience: mail delivery.

Until the roads in the neighborhood are improved, neighbors must pick up their mail at the Interview Post Office on Hwy. »

### Poland will build bunkers and dig trenches on the border with Russia and Belarus

Authored by odessa-journal.com

Poland plans to continue strengthening its territory near the border with the Russian Federation and Belarus.

The official was asked whether Poland should start building bunkers, digging ditches, and trenches on the border with Belarus and Russia.

In response, he agreed and announced that Poland's leadership is preparing a plan for building bunkers and digging trenches. »

### Woman was living inside rooftop grocery store sign with computer and coffee maker for a year

Authored by apnews.com

Contractors curious about an extension cord on the roof of a Michigan grocery store made a startling discovery: A 34-year-old woman was living inside the business sign, with enough space for a computer, printer and coffee maker, police said.

The woman, whose name was not released, told police she had a job elsewhere but had been living inside the Family Fare sign for roughly a year, Warren said.

The Family Fare store is in a retail strip with a triangle-shaped sign at the top of the building. »

### 'Extreme' solar storm arrives, could to trigger Northern Lights as far south as Alabama

Authored by foxweather.com

But most notable from strong geomagnetic events are brilliant displays of the Northern Lights that may reach much farther south than typical displays.

The SWPC says that if the storm reaches predicted levels, the aurora could be seen as far south as Alabama and Northern California.

In 1859, the great Carrington Event, generally regarded as Earth's greatest solar storm in recent history, covered nearly the entire planet in aurora. »

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