by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Out of a recent UN conference on the protection of the sea comes the news that Portugal has announced the creation of a new 38,000 square-mile marine protected area. Established around the Gorringe seamount, technically Portugal’s tallest mountain, the decision will...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
A California photographer recently captured three minutes of high quality camera trap footage of the state’s rarest mammal. Randy Robbins, whom this reporter chose to feature in GNN’s roundup of the 2024 Wildlife Photography Awards, has been on a three-year-long quest...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Though Afghanistan is rarely in the headlines anymore, that doesn’t mean the country has stopped making news. From Kabul comes the story of an Indian charity that gave out prosthetic feet and lower limbs to 75 amputees free of charge thanks to help from generous...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
50 years ago, a man invited the nation to deposit whatever they liked into a large concrete tomb for what he called the creation of the “World’s largest time capsule.” 50 years later, as heirs, descendants, and children all grown up watched the large concrete vault...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
Groundbreaking research by the University of Sydney has identified a new brain protein involved in the development of Parkinson’s disease and a way to modify it, paving the way for future treatments for the disease. With the aim of finding new treatments to slow or...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
A newborn baby hare survived after a farmer performed an emergency Caesarean section, using his pocket knife. Robert Craig had been collecting his forage crops to turn them into livestock feed when he accidentally struck a hare with his machinery in a Scottish field...
