by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
GNN readers loved the story of Mykale Baker, a teen who metaphorically leapt from atop the stage of his high school graduation right into the drive-thru window of his job at Burger King the same night. On Thursday, a Georgia mom who had watched both Baker’s graduation...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
This year, a revolution in the unpleasant pap smear test will arrive on the American market in the form of the first at-home cervical cancer screening device ever approved by the FDA. Offering the chance to perform a vaginal swab test in the comfort of one’s own home,...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
From the Netherlands comes the story of a man who realized we might delay the effects of climate change using the same method that Dutch landowners utilize every year to make ice skating rinks. These so-called “IJsmeesters” or Ice Masters, pump water onto the surface...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
One of the nation’s largest homebuilders have created a community of entirely wildfire-resilient homes to help reduce homebuyers’ risks of loss if another Palisades or Dixie fire comes roaring by. With nothing flammable on the exterior or the roofs and curated desert...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
An electric ferryboat has gone from Spain to Africa and back in the same day, proving decarbonization of strait crossings is possible. The Swedish-made vessel traveled from Sotogrande, Spain, to Ceuta, North Africa—a 24-nautical mile trip—in just over one hour,...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
A pair of identical twins have just celebrated their 100th birthday and named their secrets for a long and happy life. Bill Casey and his twin brother Jack celebrated their centenary together with cake, drinks, and friends at a retirement home in Oxfordshire, England....
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
Why can’t you tickle yourself? And how come some people aren’t ticklish at all—while some on the autism spectrum are laughing more often? Neuroscientist Konstantina Kilteni believes we should take tickling research more seriously—and she’s working with colleagues in a...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
Japanese scientists have found a way to observe clotting activity in the blood as it happens, without needing invasive procedures. Using a new type of microscope and artificial intelligence, scientists have shown how platelet “clumping” can be tracked in patients with...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
A grandad diagnosed with advanced lung cancer which often leaves patients dead within four months has become free of the disease after being treated with a new immunotherapy drug. Jeff Cook was told he had stage four cancer in 2019 after seeking treatment for a sore...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 31, 2025 | Uncategorized
A metal detectorist who discovered a gold mourning ring dating from the 18th century is overjoyed after it was declared a British treasure. Malcolm Weale unearthed the ring in a field near Thetford, in Norfolk, England, last August and said he was ‘shaking’ as it...
