by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
In a story that will stretch and strain every heartstring, an East Coast infant is set to undergo a complex brain surgery that will disconnect the left side of his brain from his right side. This “hemispherotomy” was going to bring financial ruin upon parents Brad and...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
A startup venture in New Zealand has discovered a way to extract critical battery minerals from rocks piled up as waste in mining operations. Olivine is of little value beyond a smattering of niche uses like the semi-precious peridot production, sauna rocks in Finnish...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
The White Earth Nation was surprised and overjoyed as a bison calf was born out of season, a sign the band said demonstrates “resilience, healing, and hope.” It’s the first bison calf born on the White Earth Reservation since it started a buffalo harvest and breeding...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
Virtual reality goggles and headsets absolutely exploded in the late twenty-teens, with products like the HTC Vive and Oculus offering incredible ways to experience video and gaming. Now, scientists are using VR experiences to study how the brain reacts to pain by...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
A family-owned restaurant was saved by a gaggle of teenagers after the owner’s wife fell into a coma. From Hudson, Minnesota comes the story of the team at the heart of Urban Olive & Vine, and their dedication to a woman they’d come to know and love, Carol...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
China has forged a type of steel that can withstand the extremely low temperatures and magnetic fields needed to sustain nuclear fusion reactions. Creating such a material with steel is a feat previously thought impossible by experts working on the famous ITER project...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
A Jamaican university student has invented a self-cleaning door handle that’s been described as a “life-saving design that fits” the reality of the Caribbean. Using ultraviolet light, similar to various automatic cleaning devices invented and deployed during the...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
In the far northern reaches of Canada, an agreement has been made to give stewardship over an area twice the size of Florida to a coalition of First Nations. For the purposes of conservation, $375 million will help build sustainable, resilient local economies not...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
From Mexico comes the story of a heroic diving instructor, who was injured in the process of saving a group he was leading. Manolo Acuña Zepeda, a beloved and experienced divemaster in Cozumel, risked his life to save a group of divers from an oncoming speed boat...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
A trio of brave locals were honored recently when a small plane crashed in Florida. Catching fire almost immediately, and with all souls both still alive and yet trapped inside, residents rushed to their aid, receiving the hero’s commendation from the Boca Raton PD....
