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...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
In an incredible, bittersweet success story, Croatia has announced it has freed itself from the scourge of landmines, 31 years after the country’s civil war. During the breakup of Yugoslavia, 1.5 million landmines were estimated to have been used by all sides of the...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
Kazakhstan is preparing to reintroduce the tiger to a special habitat in the country’s south, one of the most ambitious rewilding programs anywhere on Earth. Arm-in-arm with this has been reforestation efforts of riparian woodland around the Ile River and its delta at...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
In an experiment that exceeded scientists’ expectations, mice had their type-1 diabetes cured through a double-transplant method. Additionally, there was no host rejection of one one of the two types of transplanted cells, and the immune system didn’t attack the...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
While Bad Bunny may have remained the highlight of Super Bowl LX’s post-mortem, GNN got in touch with the event organizers to unwrap a little of the full-time good behind half-time’s Bad. In partnership with the sustainable resource management company ENGIE Impact,...
