by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Recent discoveries in microbial digestion of plastic have finally left the lab and entered the real world in the form of HIRO diapers, the world’s first diaper manufactured to be eaten by fungi. Every year, over 18 billion diapers are discarded into US landfills—and...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
A Stanford scholar has been rewarded for his work documenting Chinese computing by winning his university the chance to purchase the only known prototype of the first-ever Chinese typewriter after it was found in a basement. Receiving offers through Facebook and...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Under the streets of a Belgian city center, an Imperial Roman drainage pipe section made from several hollowed-out tree trunks was recently discovered during excavation work. That the settlement had some form of underground plumbing system suggests that modern-day...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
A little Welsh boy has drawn 99 animals to celebrate Sir David Attenborough’s 99th Birthday which just passed this week. Spanning across eight A3 sheets of paper, the giant birthday card took Max Evans-Browning 4 days and a lot of research to find each and every...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
There’s an old saying, often ignored in modern Western medicine, that an ounce of prevention beats a pound of cure. Establishing a new broad-spectrum, 20-year testing program for its younger generation, Poland has passed this Franklinian test of medical wisdom whose...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
One of Australia’s most biodiverse offshore islands enjoys the company to two palm trees that despite appearing quite similar are actually different species. That this happened: that two species evolved from a common ancestor despite no geographical separation, means...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
A man has turned a 1970s private jet into a tiny home and listed it on Airbnb. Aviation enthusiasts are sure to love the original cockpit maintained as was from the days it flew oil executives to and from countries and meetings. The unique home is complete with two...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
A boy who couldn’t wear shoes until the age of 13 due to a childhood injury that left his feet deformed has had a life-changing surgery. Courtesy of the floating medical charity that is Mercy Ships, 14-year-old Tera can now wear sneakers for the first time in his life...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
Australian dairies are breeding heat-tolerant cows and seeing big returns on hot days that are making the global industry stand up and take notice. Ever feel like wolfing down a big meal when it’s 85°F out with 80% humidity? If you recoil at the thought, that’s one...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
Antarctica was in the news this week in a surprising way: it was gaining ice, rather than losing it. While Antarctic ice sheet loss has averaged around 147 gigatons per year for the period between 2010 and 2020, a remarkable reversal occurred at the opening of this...
