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...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
After documenting the consumption of tea and coffee by healthcare professionals for a staggering 43 years, the resulting data seems to support what many other studies have found: that coffee is associated with better neurological health. The strongest effects were...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
The memory of entire lives, generations even, were recorded on technology that is rapidly becoming difficult to access, difficult to preserve, or just plain inconvenient to have around. As VHS tapes, Beta Max, slides and audio film, photos, or negatives, and the...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
Kayden Beasley’s life began without lower leg bones in a Chinese orphanage—but his journey carried him off to a loving family in a tiny North Carolina town, and eventually to the 2026 Paralympics in Italy. Along the way, he’s broken every barrier and overpowered the...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
A family’s dog may have solved a notorious 160-year-old murder, after he dug up a bottle of poison buried in the garden. The Labrador unearthed a blue vial under his lawn in Devon, England, that his owner, Paul Phillips, thought was a pipe—until he saw the words ‘Not...
