by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 5, 2026 | Uncategorized
The fossilized remains of a creature with a twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth have been discovered in the Amazon jungle. Scientists say the plant eating reptiles now called Tanyka consisted of “living fossils” even when they stalked the Earth around 275 million...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 5, 2026 | Uncategorized
An animal conservation/welfare organization has had to think big to solve a big challenge: how to transport elephants in need of veterinary care across long distances. Their response is the brand new “Elephant Ambulance,” a specially designed truck built to move...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 5, 2026 | Uncategorized
Last week, GNN reported that fungi were being trailed by scientists in Austria for their potential to extract valuable metals from electronic and industrial wastes. Now from the ISS comes a very similar story where, rather than ‘mushroom mining,’ scientists were able...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 5, 2026 | Uncategorized
A man who felt he needed a more fulfilling line of work began a mobile laundromat surface the wash the clothes of Philadelphia’s homeless population. Joe Richardson admits it feels like second nature to wash and dry people’s clothes, something one supposes was...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 4, 2026 | Uncategorized
Researchers in Brazil have demonstrated that ultrasonic waves can be used to extract polyphenolic nutrients from leftover cocoa bean husks, as long as you add honey first. Few things are tastier than dark chocolate dipped in honey, but the researchers weren’t only...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 4, 2026 | Uncategorized
In a decision that one advocacy group said would “make dignity non-negotiable,” Philadelphia schools have adopted a new wellness program that will guarantee recess and bathroom breaks. The program also prevents teachers from withdrawing access to these through...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 4, 2026 | Uncategorized
These stunning photos show the moment a huge murmuration of starlings flew in unison across March’s full moon. Remarkable pictures show a flock of thousands of starlings as they swooped across the skyline as the Moon reached its peak. March’s full moon is known today...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 4, 2026 | Uncategorized
Last year, a broad network of camera traps in western Turkmenistan was broadened in the hopes of better understanding the populations of an Endangered leopard subspecies. Powered by a Washington, DC conservation financier, from a country whose citizens are rarely...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
Creators of the original “party game for horrible people” are proving themselves to be anything but horrible, as they offer customers a formal refund equal to the additional cost they paid for Cards Against Humanity under U.S. President Trump’s tariff regime. Via a...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
A research team led by scientists at the University of Waterloo, Ontario is developing a novel tool to treat cancer by engineering hungry bacteria to literally eat tumors from the inside out. Key to the approach is a bacterium called Clostridium sporogenes, which is...
