by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
Australian researchers have developed and tested the world’s first quantum battery. Their prototype is far from anything that will be a perspective power source in an EV or storage facility, but the experiment revealed some important directions for future research. A...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
A teenage Texan has earned a commendation given fewer than 300 times in the history of the Boy Scouts after saving his scout leader from drowning in rapids. Devon Champenoy was one of several teen scouts from Houston rafting down class 3 rapids at a summer camp in...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
Last week GNN reported on the completion of the Cross-Texas Trail that would allow Americans to enjoy the full breadth of natural beauty in the Lone Star State. For Brits, or for those who like their hiking a little more moist, there is the just-finished King Charles...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
An autistic barista who had a day’s worth of tips stolen from his coffee shop was left “speechless” after his community rallied to his side. Michael Coyne knows most of the people who get a coffee from his shop, Red White and Brew, and so the theft of his tips felt...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
Researchers in Sweden recently found that seniors were able to offset a genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease by consuming more meat. The study authors say that their findings suggest that conventional dietary advice may be unfavorable to a subgroup of the population...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
The new payphone outside a coffee shop on a Boston University campus is a strange sight: with its canary yellow box and the sticker pasted across the top reading “Call a Boomer.” But what passersby can’t see and don’t know is that over 2,000 miles away in Reno,...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
From England’s South Downs National Park, one can trace a series of traditional hedgerows off into the distance farther than it’s possible to see. This mega hedge runs all the way across the county of Hampshire, to New Forest National Park, some 15 miles in length....
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
The annual Global Terrorism Index published by the Institute for Economics and Peace has reported that global terrorist attacks fell 22% last year, and deaths from said attacks fell 28%. They both fall to numbers not seen since 2007. 2025 registered the single biggest...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
Two San Francisco area teens are providing a valuable service for low-income families in their community by collecting and redistributing donated school uniforms. The brothers’ work also keeps the clothes out of landfills, where they break down over hundreds of years...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
Not exactly news, but a beautiful story comes now from the sandy shores of Tasmania, where 25 years ago, the waves brought a life-long friend to resident Diane Charles. Rising early, she tells ABC News AU, was her habit back then—to enjoy the peace of the sea and...
