by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
‘Lucky’ doesn’t begin to describe David Serkin, who beat cancer and won the lottery in his home state of Alberta, Canada. Serkin won $500,000 million last August with a LOTTO MAX game by the Western Canada Lottery Corporation, giving the cancer survivor and retiree an...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
For the first time ever, Chinese biologists have successfully rescued, rehabilitated, and reintroduced a Yangtze finless porpoise back into the wild stretches of the great river. A critically-endangered species of cetacean, the family that includes dolphins,...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
An active compound in ginger root may inhibit the growth of cancer tumors via a sabotage of their metabolic pathways. Published in Nature Scientific Reports by a team at Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU), the study demonstrated that a ginger-derived molecule known...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
On the Caribbean coast of Honduras, artisanal fishermen are celebrating the creation of a marine protected area to be managed in collaboration with their communities The 112 square-mile zone includes coastal mangroves, pristine beaches, and tropical rainforest, and...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
A painting by a lesser-known Dutch master has sold for $7 million at Sotheby’s more than 25 years after being found in the dusty attic of an old barn in Connecticut. Proving themselves to be worthy of their status as the world’s top auctioneers, Sotheby’s managed to...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
Researchers have recorded a video sighting of a three-foot-long deep-sea squid species that’s never been filmed nor seen alive. Gonatus antarcticus squid, an elusive squid found only in the frigid waters around Antarctica, was discovered on Christmas Day by the...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
100-year-old townhomes were razed in West Baltimore recently to make room for a new Amtrak tunnel. Though the homes may be gone, the historic and economic value they contained was not simply cast aside, because the national train operator contracted a salvage company...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
Americans often refer to our country as undergoing a continual experiment in self-government. Well, down in Mexico, that experiment has been taken to a whole other level. On the first of June, the North American nation became the first in modern history to elect its...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
Called the Indian Greta Thunberg, this 12-year-old is on a mission to green India’s skies and minds. Armed with determination, a charming personality, and a great marketing concept, she’s planting a grassroots movement towards environmentalism that’s staggering to see...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
Having achieved incredible results in improving water quality across the nation, China is embarking on a ten-year project to ensure the ecosystem beyond the shoreline meets similar standards. The plan, unveiled recently by China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment...
