by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
For frequent American flyers and puzzled first-time visitors from Europe, a major security headache is due to finally to fade away into history’s rearview mirror. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced in early July that passengers traveling through...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
Physical limitations were off-limits for a blessed and windy day in Sacramento, California. Dozens of people with various disabilities came down to the Lake Washington Sailing Club to experience the weightlessness of the water. They used boats that were specifically...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
A new chemical probe protects healthy cells from DNA damage, preserving them from one of the 8 hallmarks of aging. The story of this potentially paradigmatic development begins where so much of human health begins: the mitochondria. These organelles are...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
New ways to molecularly tamper with wood has led to a bulletproof, fire resistant, lightweight material that could replace steel, concrete, and carbon fiber. Appropriately dubbed “Superwood,” the applications seem to be limited only to imagination, and may hold up a...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
A beached minke whale survived 6 hours on shore to make it back to the water thanks to a helping hand from the locals, according to a report from Alaska. In the town of Seldovia, on Kachemak Bay, a 15-foot minke whale was beached on the rocks at low tide, believed to...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
(Submitted by Florida woman who wished to remain anonymous.) Just before last Christmas, I found an abandoned puppy, a pitbull-mix named Lola. On my way home to turn off a crock pot at noon (the only time in 4 years that I went home at lunch), I saw Lola at the edge...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
Imagine walking to the store for ice cream and running into a free opportunity to view Saturn’s rings. That’s what’s happened for thousands of lucky pedestrians, thanks to #PopScope, the urban astronomy movement. Now in its 11th year, the volunteer-run group just hit...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
In a thrilling twist of ecological fate, scientists have confirmed the rediscovery of a tiny gecko species once thought extinct on Rábida Island in the Galápagos. Thanks to a successful restoration and rewilding project, the discovery marks a major conservation...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
A very sci-fi invention has been introduced by engineers from Facebook’s parent company that translates hand gestures into computer actions. This includes fine motor movements like dotting a lowercase i, and translating handwriting into computer text is something the...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
In Arkansas, a new medical school has just opened that aims to train a new generation of doctors on preventative medicine and whole-health principles. It was dreamed of and financed by arguably the world’s wealthiest woman—a Walmart heiress whose personal struggles...
