by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
Wind turbines altered to function underwater have set industry records after generating non-stop power for over 6 years without maintenance. Located in the Pentland Firth off the coast of Scotland, the MayGen marine energy project is one of the largest of its kind in...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
A team of scientists who could only be described as ‘intrepid’ sailed several hundred miles across the East China Sea in an ancient replica canoe. The peopling of the Pacific islands has long been one of the great mysteries of anthropology, and the Japanese...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
While traveling on an Alaska railroad, familiar noises assailed Portia Duke’s ear: the squeaking, stressed brakes, the whistle sounding off, and the doors opening and closing. But having stopped in Willow on the way from Denali to Whittier, a totally unexpected tune...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
The beleaguered city of Baltimore, once a posterchild for crime infested American cities, has seen substantial year on year reductions in homicides, with the current 2025 rate on track for a historic low. Through June, Baltimore has had 68 recorded homicides, which is...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
As green as the Chardonnay grapes they grow, a winery along the base of California’s coastal Santa Lucia Mountains run entirely on wind power. The mountains’ unique geography keeps the area windy, which powers not only a large private wind turbine, but a delayed and...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
A trial investigating the potential for a gene therapy to correct congenital deafness in children and young adults saw all 10 participants gain auditory ability, and allowed them to hear the sound of falling rain or their mother’s voice for the first time ever. The...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
Astronomers have confirmed for just the third time ever that the solar system has been visited by an interstellar comet. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, it is blazing through our cosmic cul-de-sac at truly awe-inspiring speeds between the main asteroid belt and Jupiter, and will...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
When Sandie Gillard fell from a two-story window, the impact knocked the senior citizen unconscious, a state that may have become permanent if not for the intervention of a very small, very unlikely hero. Lightly tapping on her head, a bird named Jellybean roused its...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone. This ‘auto-petrification’ may offer a strange new way to reduce human carbon emissions, as the mineral created by the trees has a much longer...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
If there were one place in America where you’d decline a glass of tap water it would be Flint, right? Wrong. A decade after lead-contaminated water was found in the Michigan city’s water system, the legal battle to replace lead water pipes is nearly finished. Homes...
