by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 31, 2025 | Uncategorized
Dropped off via helicopter on a cliff edge high on a rocky escarpment in South Africa, an observer might have mistaken a pair of herpetologists for Army Rangers. In reality, they were searching for a gecko species not seen in 30 years since the first instance it was...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
In London, organizers and staff have flipped a museum. Suddenly, the collection is the museum, and the exhibitions are whatever you decide. At V&A East Storehouse, over 250,000 items sit inside carefully constructed storage warehouse wings waiting for a day that...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
From West Australia comes the story of some ‘lucky’ misfortune, as a pair of road-tripping Frenchmen found a “second home” in a small town. Nannup has just 1,500 inhabitants—many of whose hands were on deck to help the tourists after they hit a kangaroo and wrecked...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
You’ve heard the famous “Blue Danube” waltz—even if the name doesn’t ring any bells. Trust us on this one. Composed by the Austrian “Waltz King” Johann Strauss II, it has been borrowed for every kind of media imaginable, from commercials to Looney Tunes shorts. Today...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
A Georgia woman was so blown away by the work ethic of a teen who clocked in for a late evening shift at Burger King just after graduating high school, she decided to help with his college tuition. Setting up a GoFundMe to tell the youth’s story, it raised $20,000 in...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
From the south of England comes the eyewitness account of a road rescue by a hoard of good, young, Samaritans. A photograph taken by a bystander shows one of the rescuers on top of the vehicle after it crashed, as well as a man and his 11-month-old son, who had been...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
People find time to volunteer for all manner of projects, and in Germany, a community recently got together to pitch in for the sake of their local, 5,500-year history. The Neolithic burial site of Küsterberg is located in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt’s...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
An engineering team from MIT have designed a solar-powered groundwater desalination device that could supply over 1,000 gallons per day and doesn’t require batteries. Envisioned as a way to provide water to communities whose groundwater is too brackish to drink, the...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
While less than 1,000 Siamese crocodiles remain in the wild, community members in Laos have released ten of the rare animals into a local wetlands to boost the population. While crocodiles are not hunted, the species (Crocodylus siamensis) is ranked as...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
Japan is the first country to begin clinical trials of artificial blood, a medical innovation which if proven successful, would solve one of the largest hospital challenges of our age. Beginning back in March, a clinical trial organized by Nara Medical University will...
