by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
A French shipbuilder has brought back the sail and schooner to decarbonize low to mid volume shipping. Only historians can say how eager the world’s merchants marine were to replace frigates with steamships when the technology became available. Now after more than 200...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
An extinct species of rhino that lived inside the Arctic Circle 23 million years ago has been discovered. The nearly complete fossilized skeleton was recovered from the fossil-rich lake deposits in Haughton Crater on Devon Island, in the Canadian High Arctic. It is...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
Don’t you wish all used car salesmen were like this one in Gladstone, Missouri? Back in June, a mom came in to buy a vehicle for her college student who needed it for regular commutes to school in Kansas. J.P. Knudsen, the owner of Northtowne Auto Group, sold her a...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
“Help” isn’t a dirty word: a new study has found younger generations are less likely to think that asking for help is a bad thing. The poll of 2,000 U.S. adults, split evenly between Gen Z, millennial, Gen X and baby boomer generations found the two younger...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
Older people who listen to music often slash their risk of dementia by more than a third, according to a new study. The researchers studied people over the age of 70 and found that listening to music—or playing an instrument—is linked to a reduction of up to 39% in...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
Four dogs rescued from a ‘squalid’ and derelict house in England are being given a new purpose—they’re being trained as police K-9s. The springer spaniels were found in April alongside dozens of other dogs crowded into a property in South Yorkshire. Newly-named Bruce,...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
Six new species of bats have been discovered inside the protected forests of the Philippines—just in time for Halloween. The tube-nosed bats were identified by an international research team that pointed out how the nocturnal – and slightly spooky – group of mammals...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
It was a wish that not many people would make—she wanted her wedding to be filled with kids, preferably every one of the hundreds that attend her school. The principal at Buffalo Academy of Science Charter School in New York, Brianna Lanoye, believed they were such a...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 1, 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 | Oct 31, 2025 | Uncategorized
Simply using corn-based bioplastic, a couple of screws, fishing line, and small rubber bands, an elementary school teacher turned himself into a hero. But he didn’t have to throw on a cape and mask, he only had to switch on his 3D printer. Scott Johnson, a...
