by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
This week marks Teacher Appreciation Week, and we can’t think of a better role model than this preschool teacher who spotted a developmental quirk in a little boy who was then able to get early treatment for a serious and rare condition. Every child is unique in terms...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
An Ohio music conductor dealing with Parkinson’s disease was fitted with a ‘pacemaker for the brain’ allowing him to control his tremors and lead his orchestra once again. Rand Laycock was diagnosed with Parkinson’s 11 years, just before his 60th birthday, after going...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
Scientists have unveiled a new food source designed to sustain honey bee colonies indefinitely without natural pollen. The research from Washington State University and APIX Biosciences in Belgium details successful trials where nutritionally stressed colonies,...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
An adopted woman met her two sisters for the first time in 44 years—after hiring a private detective to track down her birth family. Magda Berg hired the detective after her own 20-year search hit a dead end. She paid $1,300 and had the names and addresses of her...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
A revolutionary new antidote neutralizes the venom of 19 of the world’s deadliest snakes, including the black mamba, king cobra, and tiger snakes. Researchers used antibodies from a human donor with a “hyper-immunity” to snake venom to develop the most broadly...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
From Tech Crunch comes the story of a trash-sorting robot that just got massive financial backing to improve America’s recycling infrastructure. Recycling is a difficult industry, as consumers pay little attention to things they throw out, and recycling labor is an...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
Already partially-solar powered, the Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is doubling its solar panel count by utilizing an adjacent property that used to be a landfill. Now filled in, the 12 acres of terrain will be covered in 4.7 megawatts of solar energy, capable...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
In the ancient English region of Cumbria, a woman discovered to her great surprise that Leonardo, her pet tortoise, had fled her house in Ulverston. Rachel Etches will occasionally allow Leonardo to wander around the garden lawn to his great enjoyment. Despite being...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | May 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
In Kenya, a gathering of young Maasai tribesmen is taking place that wont happen again for a generation. In the past, the gathering lasted all year, and required young warriors to sleep and survive in the rough, hunt lions, and learn to fight with spears. The goal was...
