by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
For 50 years, the state of Maine has drawn worldwide attention for its efforts to restore a puffin colony, an effort that has brought controversy, hope, and a cottage industry you have to see to believe. Featured recently on the PBS News Hour, it’s a story that begins...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
One of the major things that the mightily impressive James Webb Space Telescope was supposed to reveal has now potentially been revealed. Groundbreaking new research from the University of St. Andrews has identified signs of a possible atmosphere surrounding an...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
A woman in Illinois has become the first to undergo a unique cancer treatment that allows chemotherapy drugs to be delivered directly to the liver, reducing side-effects. Chemotherapy drugs can shrink cancer tumors, but if administered generally can affect many other...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
England’s coveted Tree of the Year award, on which GNN reports yearly, was won this year by a Scottish ash tree 75 feet-tall. Towering above sandstone row houses, the tree on Argyle Street, in Glasgow has survived a recent ash tree plague, as well as the Clydeside...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
Until now, holograms have been created using lasers, but now researchers have used a new ensemble of components that could unleash this technology on the market. With their ubiquity in science fiction, and carrying the potential to transform smart devices,...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Lisa Howard Previous studies into regions of the world where people tend to live longer has shown that having a sense of purpose in life may help people live longer. Now, new research from the University of California in Davis shows that having a sense of purpose...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
New findings could reshape the treatment for an estimated 113 million children worldwide who have asthma, following this side-by-side comparison of two types of asthma inhalers. In the first randomized controlled trial to investigate the use of a combination inhaler...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
A lost iPhone survived for an incredible two-and-a-half months submerged in a river, and it still works. Faizan Choudhry lost his iPhone 14 Pro Max on July 4th while tubing on the Delaware River along the New Jersey–Pennsylvania border. What seemed like a lost cause...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
German tourists captured the wholesome moment when they surprised their driver with his first-ever safari experience. Gina Haerle was on holiday in South Africa with her friend Marina, staying at a private game reserve, about two hours from Cape Town. Their driver had...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
Lithuania’s capital Vilnius recently debuted a new electric ferryboat for transit up and down the River Neris. Called the Lašiša, it joins a trend of electric ferryboats on the famous rivers and bays of Europe such as the Elbe or the Copenhagen harbor. Tickets can be...
