by magicartacivics@proton.me | Oct 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
From the restaurant scene in Miami to the fan-powered boats of the Everglades, people are really excited about oysters. Can you imagine—the bivalve so associated with cold waters in places like Brittany, Sydney, Galway, or California, being grown in the muddy,...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Oct 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
Stretches of land, now hidden beneath the sea, may have given early humans a way to move between what is today Turkey and Europe, according to groundbreaking new research in this little-studied region. The recently published study reveals the first evidence of...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Oct 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
Cambridge University archivists are leading an important project to extract and conserve valuable information from floppy disks before they become unusable. The initiative began when the archive received a box of 5.25-inch floppy disks from a DOS-formatted computer...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Oct 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
A new technology utilizing coffee and plastic waste is designed to capture carbon dioxide from industrial processes before it’s released into the atmosphere, and has been patented by scientists. The highly novel and detailed method with promising potential to reduce...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Oct 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
Scientists have used the root system of mushrooms to create a composting toilet that is odor absorbing, while creating over 2,000 liters of fertilizer and soil a year. Separating solids from from liquids and processing each in different ways using fungal mycelia, the...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Oct 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
Swiss researchers have pioneered a method of cultivating metal out of water-based gel, an innovation that promises valuable applications in energy technology. The concept aims to power the production of unique sensors, biomedical devices, or energy conversion and...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Oct 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
In Maine, ownership of 4 large dams has been transferred to The Nature Conservancy in a sale it hopes will return the river they operate on into prime habitat for salmon for the first time in a century. Operated by Brookfield Renewables, the dams along the lower...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Oct 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
A new form of wind energy is under development that promises more consistent power and lower deployment costs by adapting the design of a dirigible, or zeppelin. Suspended 1,000 feet up where the wind is always blowing, it presents as an ideal energy source for rural...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Oct 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Huge news broke recently when a country with more intact forests than any other on Earth decided that 90% of all forest cover would be preserved by law. Made in New York in advance of a UN summit that will see the party members to the Framework Conference on Climate...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Oct 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
When the sales and payment software went down at a Wichita taco restaurant, the staff were anxious, and the line for the register, long. Tensions were high, and when the Shear family finally got through the out-the-door-wrap-around line, they were told that Tacos TJ...
