by magicartacivics@proton.me | Oct 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
In late September, Lake Muskegon in Michigan was officially removed from the list of polluted water bodies in the Great Lakes Region. Once home to foundries, paper mills, petroleum storage and sewage treatment plants, the lake and several of its tributaries became an...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Oct 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
A historic shipwreck salvage business has pulled up over 1,000 silver and gold coins from a Spanish treasure fleet that sank off the coast of Florida in 1715. The haul could fetch $1 million at market value, with five of the coins found being gold escudos, which along...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Oct 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
In the timepiece capital of the world, time may be running out for carbon-heavy imported steel thanks to a new solar-powered furnace. Swiss firm Panatere has patented, and has now inaugurated, the world’s first two solar foundries for melting down steel for reuse....
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Oct 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Researchers in Spain were left feeling a mixture of confusion and intrigue when they found several straw sandals embedded in a bearded vulture nest. They didn’t know it at the time, but it was over 6 centuries ago that a bearded vulture flew from its hunting grounds...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Oct 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Scientists from MIT have created a conductive “nanonetwork” inside a unique concrete mixture that could enable everyday structures like walls, sidewalks, and bridges to store and release electrical energy. It’s perhaps the most ubiquitous man-made material on Earth by...
