by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
For a company that makes half the world’s zippers, new ideas have big impacts. At Japan’s YKK, they’ve debuted a zipper sans fabric tape—the typically black-colored strip of material that separates the back of the zipper teeth from the garment. Early adopters include...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
A collection of jewels belonging to arguably Europe’s greatest ever royal dynasty is now set to go on display to the public for the first time in over 100 years. The jewels, including one of the largest cut diamonds in the world when it was set, had been thought lost...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
A startup in the UK is recovering important manufacturing metals without energy-hungry smelting methods. Using an intense solvent at room temperature, shredded circuit boards can have plastic retaining components left behind, while metals like gold, cobalt, and copper...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
(Article by Rohini Subrahmanyam originally published by Knowable Magazine) As the microscopic, tear-shaped Lacrymaria olor swims around hunting for food, it does something remarkable: In a blink, the tiny protist extends its neck more than 30 times its body length,...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
Men with advanced prostate cancer have been offered fresh hope thanks to a “promising” new drug combination. It could significantly delay the progression of a deadly form of the disease in patients with specific genetic mutations, say scientists at University College...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
Australian soldiers slipped the letters into a bottle, closed the cap, and pitched it overboard from a ship in the Pacific Ocean as World War I battlefields beckoned them both. The bottle was a time capsule that would be delivered by fate—and it arrived for overjoyed...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
Brooke Eby used to take her adopted dog Dray on long walks and hikes in San Francisco, until she was waylaid by a diagnosis of ALS that landed her in a wheelchair. She tried adaptive leashes, but they often left the little pooch tangled in the wheels because they...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
Stunning pictures from England show hungry birds feasting on sunflower seeds in a gorgeous autumn scene. Photographer Andrew Fusek Peters captured the magical moment from his kitchen in Shropshire, as the birds dove into the seeds to release them from fading...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
A unique Airbnb in England offers the chance to spend the night in a decorated barn containing a friendly miniature horse. Brittany Sparham began renting out part of her barn in a rural village outside Nottinghamshire during the pandemic in response to the rising...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
An innovative smart keyboard designed to significantly improve typing ability for people living with Parkinson’s disease has been named a Global Winner of the prestigious 2025 James Dyson Award. The groundbreaking invention, called “OnCue”, was created by Italian...
