by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
An engineering team from MIT have designed a solar-powered groundwater desalination device that could supply over 1,000 gallons per day and doesn’t require batteries. Envisioned as a way to provide water to communities whose groundwater is too brackish to drink, the...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
While less than 1,000 Siamese crocodiles remain in the wild, community members in Laos have released ten of the rare animals into a local wetlands to boost the population. While crocodiles are not hunted, the species (Crocodylus siamensis) is ranked as...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
Japan is the first country to begin clinical trials of artificial blood, a medical innovation which if proven successful, would solve one of the largest hospital challenges of our age. Beginning back in March, a clinical trial organized by Nara Medical University will...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
The tombs of three ancient Egyptian officials have been discovered in Luxor, the Egyptian government has stated, marking yet another discovery from the famous city on the Nile. In February, the tomb of pharaoh Thutmose II was found not far from the Dra’Abu El Naga, an...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hoping to get her “sanity and slight insanity” back after giving birth to her first child, a Canadian runner has completed a 60 mile run through Wales just 6 months postpartum. It didn’t get in the way of her duties as a mother, however, and Stephanie Case was...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
When a massive loggerhead sea turtle was hit by a boat and admitted to a Florida veterinary hospital, the doctors didn’t know what to do. They needed to ascertain the extent of her injuries, but the CT scanner at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach was too...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
Self-described as merely “someone from a small village in a small European country” young Adam Kovalčík won the top prize in America’s most prestigious science fair with his invention of a quicker, cheaper method of making a popular antiviral drug out of corn husk....
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
Educating and encouraging people to reduce their waste footprint doesn’t always have to be done through fear or social pressure, it can be fun and empowering as well. That’s what the SoleSpace Lab in Oakland is doing—reducing the amount of waste from the footwear...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
Down near the Bahamas, a bizarre story is unfolding as two critically-endangered North Atlantic right whales continue a rebellious streak. Maybe they’re fans of Bob Dylan or The Ramones, but the whales, named Curlew and Koala, have spent the last few months cruising...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
GNN managing editor and lead writer Andy Corbley will be speaking at the Future of Humanity Experience in Basel, Switzerland, held between June 15th and June 22nd. Andy will present the talk entitled ‘To Travel is to Live Intentionally, to Travel Intentionally is to...
