by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
CCTV surveillance footage captured the dramatic scene as a mother and young daughter were rescued after they became stuck waist-deep in wet sand—just meters away from each other. A young girl was playing in the sand at 5:20 pm, near the Three Shells Lagoon, in Essex,...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
An 80-year-old farmer in England was being forced to pay $52,000 (£40k) to remove rubbish that was illegally dumped on his land by miscreants, until a kind neighbor set up a fundraising campaign to help clear the mess. The farmer in his eighties was facing...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
Scans that make prostate cancer cells ‘glow’ can eliminate the need for invasive biopsies—and they are already available in Australia and Europe. The state of the art imaging test uses a molecule that binds to prostate cancer cells, causing them to “light up in a...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 14, 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 | Mar 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
In 1986, Ohio’s Department of Natural Resources began reintroducing North American river otters to the rivers, creeks, and shorelines of the Great Lakes ecosystem. 40 years later, these adorable apex predators have recolonized much of their former aquatic acreage in...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
A boy who threw a message in a bottle into the Bahamian seas was stunned when it was found on a beach in Portugal exactly one year later. Amy Bisterzo and her 10-year-old son Lorenzo live in the archipelago’s town of Fort Old Bay, and on February 10th of last year,...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
The European hedgehog can hear sounds at higher frequencies than is possible for humans, dogs, and cats, a potential breakthrough finding in protecting these animals from becoming roadkill. There must be only a handful of critters cuter than the hedgehog, yet...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
The first baseball park that Jackie Robinson ever played ball on is about to enjoy the fruits of a $30 million renovation that will bring it into the 21st century while maintaining its historic charm. Though he made his fame with the Dodgers, the first diamond...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
A page from the legendary Archimedes Palimpsest, considered lost for several decades, have been identified by a French national researcher at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Blois. The leaf contains a passage from the treatise On the Sphere and the Cylinder, Book I,...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
In just over 3 years, Hawaiʻi Pacific University’s “Bounty Project” has removed over 185,000 pounds (84 metric tons) of derelict fishing gear from the North Pacific Ocean by turning commercial fishing trips into opportunities for ocean cleanup. By pulling nets, lines,...
