by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
It was said that all roads lead to Rome, but from where do all the roads to Rome lead? Using a mountain of data, a team of two dozen scientists have created a digital road atlas of the Roman imperial world, complete with many features you’d recognize from Google Maps....
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
After five years of testing, an autonomous electric bus has been deployed to a park in Madrid for one final, real-world experiment in driverless vehicles for public transit. If it succeeds, the cute little caterpillar-shaped bus may become a mainstay in the Spanish...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
Finland is doubling down on evidence from four years ago that definitively shows how children can avoid diseases and allergies throughout their lives if they’re permitted to get down and dirty in daycare. Dozens of comparative studies have previously found that...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
30 previously unknown deep-sea species, including the carnivorous “death-ball” sponge, have been confirmed from one of the most remote parts of the planet. The animals were collected during a pair of 2025 research cruises to the waters around Antarctica which yielded...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
During the dawning years of civilization, a landscape in what is today Jordan was undergoing a transformation from an agricultural, residential one to a ritualistic one with an intense focus on the afterlife and communal events. This is described in a paper that...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
It’s not everyday that Henry the polar bear sees something that weighs more than he does. At 1,200-pounds, the polar bear is the world’s largest land predator, but here was something substantially heavier, and it was just sitting there in his enclosure. Defensive at...
