by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
Reprinted with permission from World at Large News In South Africa, a strategy 6 years in the making to protect rhinos from poaching, as ingenious as it is dramatic, is now being implemented on the ground in the country’s game reserves and parks. Called the Rhisotope...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
A soccer player for an amateur league team in Istanbul had to unexpectedly deputize as an emergency veterinarian during a match in the Turkish city last weekend. The goalkeeper for a team playing in red went to boot the ball upfield, but instead left the entire pitch...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
A bride who was filmed dancing at her wedding reception while undergoing treatment for cystic fibrosis has gone viral. “CF doesn’t stop no party ✨” was Dannika Evans’ opinion when she posted the video to her TikTok account, where she was doing her best to dance while...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
Long before antibiotics were invented, biotics—i.e. bacteria—had developed resistance to them. When researchers examined a bacterial strain called Psychrobacter discovered in 5,000-year-old layers of cave ice, they found it was resistant to 10 modern antibiotics. Yet...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
From Chicago comes the story of a pair of heroes rescuing an infant that had been blown into Lake Michigan. 30-year-old Lio Cundiff was on the phone with his aunt at Belmont Harbor when he felt the wind pick up fiercely, followed by a bloodcurdling scream from a woman...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
A little goldendoodle has a brighter future ahead of him after abusive treatment by his owner saw her arrested, and an officer leap at the chance to adopt. The story must, unfortunately, include some rather ugly details before one can salute Officer Skeeter Black for...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
The mighty Yangtze river has experienced a dramatic improvement in ecological health halfway through a 10-year fishing moratorium. The focus of a $2.7 billion restoration project, this crucial aquatic artery had been severely degraded by decades of damming,...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
Queensland police say they’ve recovered 4 priceless artifacts of ancient Egyptian antiquity that had been stolen from a museum earlier this month. The world is experiencing a rash of unsolved museum break-ins lately, but thanks to superb policing, this one wasn’t...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
A gold-standard scientific trial revealed an existing mosquito control method works not only to reduce insect numbers, but also the diagnoses of dengue fever in the area. Dengue, also known as “breakbone” fever, is a severe viral infection spread by mosquitoes that...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
A Florida zoo team recently traveled to Zimbabwe after they were asked to help a white rhino suffering from a parasitic eye infection. They came up with a “ridiculous idea” to corral the wild animal, earn its trust as if it were a horse or dog, and administer eye...
