by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
An Indian teacher who has established more than 800 learning centers across India for children who have never attended school has been named the winner of the $1 million Global Teacher Prize from GEMS Education. Located in over 100 slums and villages, Rouble Nagi’s...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
What started as a simple chair volleyball game at a senior living community in Belton, Texas, has grown into a meaningful intergenerational friendship. The sporty seniors, who proudly call themselves “The Hit Squad,” regularly host friendly chair volleyball matches...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
A four-week-old baby giraffe is becoming a social media sensation, thanks to his remarkable tuft of hair. His new name, Eugene, chosen from public suggestions, has proven to be a perfect fit for the young giraffe’s charming personality. The Toledo Zoo & Aquarium...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
For the first time in over 180 years, a giant tortoise population is once again walking the landscapes of Floreana Island—launching the largest restoration effort ever undertaken on the Galápagos islands. 158 juvenile giant tortoises of Floreana lineage were released...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
Scientists called “astonishing” the first indisputable evidence of a new species of Spinosaurus found in over a century—uncovered in a remote area of the Sahara Desert. The newly discovered scimitar-crested dinosaur was described as a “hell heron” that fed on fish...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
In what was noted to be a bit of a reversal of traditional roles, a dog was rescued by mountaineers after spending a frigid night in a hollow below a mountaintop. Five dogs and four hikers were approaching the summit of Fionn Bheinn in the Scottish Highlands near...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
From Thailand comes a story that’s pure Hollywood: police going undercover as festival lion dancers to nab a suspected art thief. Dressed as the rump and head of a large Asian lion costume during Lunar New Year festivities, the police sprang upon the suspect and took...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
Next Saturday, the 28th of February, stargazers will have the chance to spot Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune all clustered together in the sky. Called a planetary alignment, they occur when the planets, which orbit atop the same horizonal...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
The state of São Paolo in Brazil recently passed a law in honor of a famous loyal dog that will allow residents to have their pets buried in family cemetery plots. Bob, nicknamed Bob Gravedigger, was an orange dog who spent 10 years living next to the grave of his...
