by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Needles 1,000 times thinner than a human hair could replace painful cancer biopsies and render obsolete the traditional methods of diagnosing diseases, according to new research. The patches containing tens of millions of ‘nanoneedles’ offer a “painless and less...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
It was perhaps the biggest day of his sporting life and J.J Spaun had to wake up early to get medicine after his daughter started vomiting at 3 a.m.—but his performance at the U.S. Open ultimately did not suffer. After three days of competition, Spaun was only one...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
An AI-equipped foot scanner placed at one’s bedside could be a lifesaving companion to those living with a risk of heart failure. Developed by Heartfelt Technologies in concert with the UK’s National Institute of Health, the scanner takes 1,800 photos of a person’s...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
At an adoption meet and greet event hosted by an animal rescue, a shelter dog performed an extraordinary act of diagnosis without ever being trained to do so. Between 4 and 5 years of age from unknown breeding, Sienna broke away from the crowd of dogs, appreciative...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
At a zoo in Guatemala, an elephant intervened to save its fellow enclosure-mate in a startling interspecies display of kindness that delighted zoogoers. At the Aurora Zoo in Guatemala City, a gazelle fell into the watering hole inside its enclosure and couldn’t climb...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
An Australian aviation startup has developed an adhesive film inspired by shark skin that reduces drag on aircraft due to its sandpaper-like texture. Sharks are covered in tiny dermal grooves, often called riblets, which help a shark swim faster using less energy....
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
The dog tag ID belonging to a fallen World War II soldier has been returned to his family 80 years after his death. Joseph L. Gray was one of 31 servicemen who died in April 1945 when their plane, a B-17 Flying Fortress, crashed into a hill on the Isle of Man. In...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
Dr. Z never required a copay. Michael Zollicoffer, known to his patients as Dr. Z, spent the last four decades serving the residents of Baltimore’s poorest neighborhoods—and the family physician never turned anyone away, even if they couldn’t afford to pay. “Forget...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
Her graduation from Boswell High School was only hours away—yet she was about to miss one of life’s most memorable moments. Laura Wiley’s kidney had become infected and the illness soon turned into severe sepsis, and she had to be admitted to the hospital in Fort...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
A 22-year-old has built his own secure box for delivery packages after having a parcel stolen by a ‘porch pirate’. Frustration swelled last year after Brandon Mejia lost a sentimental delivery to thieves. He had ordered a necklace for Mother’s Day and it was stolen...
