by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
An ambitious motoring rollout is taking place in Tunisia, where a company is trying to make a splash in the market with a pair of solar-powered EVs. Including a small delivery vehicle and a passenger car, Bako Motors is already manufacturing their models and selling...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
These days, when scientists announce they’ve discovered a new species of animal, it’s usually some miniature frog or deep sea isopod. But check out this Varanus umbra, a never-before-described species of rock monitor, and he’s a real lookah’ Dr. Stephen Zozaya, a...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
In a report that examined the air quality of 100 global cities, 19 were found to have substantially improved since 2010. 9 of the 19 were in China and Hong Kong, while the rest were located in Europe, and include both large and small cities. In the US, San Francisco...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
A woman who had a DoorDash order brought to her house was shocked to see an old man on her doorbell camera. Inspired to help, she set up a GoFundMe, which raised $940,000 to allow the man to retire. It was just another weekday in Manchester, Tennessee, when Brittany...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
An American conservation NGO has helped propose and fund the creation of a vast new nature reserve along a critical corridor of biodiversity high in the Bolivian Andes. Containing over 1,300 native species, including 13 found only in Bolivia, the Serranías y Cuencas...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
The best travel stories are often those most subtle; things that only a genuinely attentive person could pick out in the strange society they pass through. Such a story comes now from Japan via the BBC, where reporter Giulia Crouch put together the tale of a unique...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
From Alabama comes the story of two restaurant-regulars chowing down on a 54-year-old promise from their favorite oyster bar. Jim and Jimmy Rush always wondered whether the sign behind the bar at Wintzell’s Oyster House in Mobile was “for real.” It promised a night of...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
The announcement of a new transboundary birding route has catapulted southern Africa to the forefront of international birdwatching travel. Spanning Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, the route contains an estimated 650 endemic and migratory species, and...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
A man has powered an electric car using a homemade battery pack built out of discarded vapes, on a quest to show that so many valuable resources are being cast off every day. Last year, GNN reported that Chris Doel had stripped down the lithium batteries from 500...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
A Florida waitress has served more than 270,000 meals to the homeless, alongside her husband and two vibrant sons who all exemplify their Christian faith. An immigrant from Barbados, Gloria Vargas, has run the operation since in 2012 largely from her home in Fort...
