by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
It was only a few months ago that Juan Leon became the proud owner of Minnesota’s newest tow truck service. Not long after, he began to get calls about abandoned vehicles and realized there was a pattern. Whether it was parked on the side of the street or in the lot...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
The whiskers on an elephant’s trunk are key to its “amazing” sense of touch, reveals new research. The 1,000 hairs that cover the trunk have unusual properties that highlight where contact happens along each whisker allowing the largest land animal to grab something...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
It was a day that some locals said was unlike any other they had ever seen when the party of Buddhist monks arrived barefoot on the steps of the National Cathedral, as snow still covered the ground. “This is the moment I will remember for the rest of my life,” said...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
One of the largest private land purchases for conservation in California’s Bay Area was just carried out to save a historic ranch from being turned into a sand quarry. Before it was called Sargent Ranch, it was the sacred home of the Amah Mutsun Indian Band, and now...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
A woman whose new prosthetic leg was swept out to sea is “over the moon” after she found it 10 months later, it having been swept right back to the beach where she lost it. Last April, 69-year-old Brenda Ogden lost her custom-made titanium blade-style prosthesis...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
While all eyes and ears are on the Winter Olympic games in Milano-Cortina, last summer’s games drew only eyes. At the 2025 Summer Deaflympics, Tokyo event organizers splashed on some cutting-edge technology to help the crowds get closer than ever to the action....
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
A woman some 8-months pregnant has a total stranger to thank for her life, and that of her baby. When she was driving down I-95 in Martin County, Shedly Appolon remembered feeling dizzy. It was her 29th birthday; she was probably in a good mood, but biology and fate...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
In January, India recorded a mini-outbreak of the Nipah virus, an often lethal disease spread by contact between humans and animals. There was little that could be done for the victims, as no specialized treatment for Nipah virus exists other than normal supportive...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
New archaeological evidence reveals that seabird guano—nutrient-rich bird droppings—may have the driver of behind the prosperity of the most influential pre‑Incan societies. In ancient Andean cultures, fertilizer was power, said archaeologist Dr. Jacob Bongers, whose...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Feb 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
A good neighbor in Illinois has been hailed as a hero for using a sledgehammer to batter down the door of a burning building to rescue a wheelchair-bound woman inside. Reported by various local media affiliates, the rescue occurred on Tuesday, February 3rd, after a...
