by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
From the charming British countryside of Salisbury comes an equally-charming story of a roll of lost film found lodged in a thrift shop camera. Developed by Ian Scott of Salisbury Photo Center, he and the new owner of the antique camera were suddenly looking at crisp...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Capable of undergoing 120,000 charge cycles and being disposed of anywhere, an experimental new battery design might be thought of as truly state-of-the-art. To the contrary, the magnesium chloride or calcium chloride electrolytes used to carry the charge between the...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Thai conservationists were delighted with the news that a sighting of an Asian golden cat had been recorded by camera traps. The legendary “fire tiger” of Thai folklore and mythology, the Asian golden cat is one of the most scarcely seen of all wildcats. Filmed by a...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
250 million years ago, the giant ancestors of today’s salamanders swam from the area of today’s Norwegian Arctic to the west coast of Australia. This monumental trip placed it, many years later, under the brushes and picks of paleontologists who incorrectly identified...
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...
