by magicartacivics@proton.me | Oct 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Scientists from MIT have created a conductive “nanonetwork” inside a unique concrete mixture that could enable everyday structures like walls, sidewalks, and bridges to store and release electrical energy. It’s perhaps the most ubiquitous man-made material on Earth by...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Oct 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Back when the internet was just starting, nations were all given a URL in order to publish websites official to the nation. The US got .us and the UK got .uk. Well Anguilla, the small British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, was given .ai, and with investments and...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Oct 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Pub owner Justine Lorriman loves soccer, and has spent the last year transforming the garden area of her establishment into a mini stadium, with its very own terraced seating, mini football pitch, and outside bar area with seats given to her by the local team. Her pub...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Oct 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
A daughter who became the first in her family to graduate from college has handed over the master bedroom of her new apartment to her mom—who in 64 years never had a room of her own. The duo grew up in poverty and uncertainty, homelessness and insecurity, but through...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Oct 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
In a positive development for a maligned animal, cave-roosting bat populations in Wisconsin are recovering from a fungal epidemic. Wildlife authorities are reporting that for the third year in a row, the state’s bat populations seem to be rising. Numbers of little...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Oct 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
From the ice hockey rinks of Minnesota comes the story of a young man determined not to let an injury change his life the way his doctors assured him it would. Whether the desire to get back on the ice or faith in his creator, Jackson Drum defied the odds of a C1-2...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Oct 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
The human world is full of headlines about people who can’t get along—and sometimes peace and harmony seem impossible. Thankfully, a cute animal story from Australia can remind us there’s another way. A few weeks ago, Steve Lamplough found two creatures from opposite...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Oct 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
There is no cure for Huntington’s disease, a devastating brain disorder that causes severe motor loss, dementia, and eventual death. But, a clinical trial delivered positive results this week, finding that patients receiving a new treatment for 36 months experienced...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Oct 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
The fossil of a tiny fish found in southwestern Alberta, Canada, provides new insight into the origin and evolution of otophysans, the supergroup of fish that includes catfish, carp and tetras—which account for two-thirds of all freshwater species today. The specimen,...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Oct 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
Beavers had not been seen in New York City for 200 years, after their coveted fur pelts became valuable and habitat was impacted by human activity. But, finally, in 2007 one was spotted in the Bronx River. Then, a second beaver arrived—nicknamed Justin Beaver, who...
