by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
In 2011, Steve Rowson and his fellow engineering students at Virginia Tech were asked by the Hokies equipment manager if they could test commercially-available football helmets to see which was the safest. Obliging the man, they ran a series of impact assessments, and...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
Thousands of ancient Arabic texts have returned to their rightful place in the legendary Saharan trade city of Timbuktu after years of safe-keeping further south. Having undergone extensive digitization, fear that the content of the manuscripts may not survive the...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
An experienced wildlife photographer with a penchant for marine mammals like whales recently bore witness to a lone seal miraculously surviving a hunt by 8 killer whales. Far more than just bearing witness, it was more or less the photographer’s presence that allowed...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
One of the realities of social media addiction is the self-awareness of the addicted. A recent survey from the British Standards Institution found that 68% of teen respondents said they feel worse when they spend too much time on social media, and 47% would remove...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
There are large swaths of America where in order to have a safe drive into work, one has to start their car even before their coffee machine. Heating up a car and running the defrosters is a hugely energy intensive process, but researchers at Virginia Polytechnical...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
An Australian punk rock band picked up the bar tabs for hundreds of people after a gig in Melbourne was shut down at the last minute due to security concerns. Amyl and the Sniffers are up for a Grammy this year, a year that also saw them open for fellow countrymen...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
Toyota recently unveiled a four-legged mobility robot that can go where wheels cannot, and specializes in tasks that are difficult in a wheelchair such as climbing up stairs and positioning passengers to get into cars. Debuted by the carmaker at the 2025 Japan...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
Conservationists recently reunited a mother otter with her baby and caught it on film. It seems surreal when marine conservationists plop the lost baby sea otter into the frigid waters of Morro Bay in Central California. Before it makes its way back into the arms of...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
For an astonishing 170 years, there hasn’t been a leopard sighting on the western coast of South Africa. That recently changed when South Africa National Parks (SANparks) published a camera trap photograph of a leopard in West Coast NP, showing how the elusive...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
From a chilly Green Bay comes a heart-melting story via Charlotte, where a heart transplant survivor had the day of his life as a traveling fan for his beloved Carolina Panthers. Bryson Shupe was born with a congenital heart defect, and 8 years ago, required...
