by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Cancer drugs that have been used for two decades were retooled until they were able to eliminate aggressive tumors in a “remarkable” clinical trial. Two of the patients—one with the deadliest form of skin cancer called melanoma and another with breast cancer—were told...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
A virus that infects the humble black-eyed pea plant is showing great promise as a low-cost, potent cancer immunotherapy—thanks to researchers at the University of California San Diego. The team led by chemical and nano engineers just published their study in Cell...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Craig Clark may call himself ‘the oldest computer technician in America’, but everyone else calls him the Tech Fairy because of all the wishes he has granted to strangers. In his field, as a technician, people sometimes give Craig their old computers after he sets up...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Two ten-year-old girls have recently conquered one of the world’s oldest board games, taking down two grandmasters in chess, men considered to be the kings of the sport. It all started at the 2025 British Chess Championships in Liverpool, England earlier this month....
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
A 93-year-old great-grandfather could be the oldest golfer in Britain to get a hole-in-one after achieving the feat in a recent round. Jack Ponsford notched the ace on a 135-yard third hole at Pannal Golf Club in North Yorkshire, England. It was his first ever...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
A proud grandma says she is ‘thrilled’ after helping deliver her daughter’s baby in the back seat of her car—and then saving its life. Shelby Cook was one week overdue when she arrived flustered at her mom’s house in early August. Her mother Sonja Cook thought she...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 23, 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 | Aug 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
A coalition of telescopes have allowed astronomers to produce an image of the nebula MSH 15-52 in unprecedented color and detail. Centered in the middle of the nebula is a pulsar, or the rapidly-spinning, extremely dense remnant of an exploded star. Captured together,...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
A patient’s of smell could be restored using radio waves without having to undergo surgery, according to new research. Worldwide, there are actually very few effective treatments for those who have lost their sense of smell, perhaps from a brain injury. Treatments...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Though it might make someone feel old, a Scottish skatepark from 1978 is set to undergo archaeological excavation—with help from the city’s skaters who once hung out there. Kelvin Wheelies in Glasgow was a radical design when it first opened to host the first Scottish...
