by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
For one special UK railway line, cats have always been part of the station staff. These mousers play a vital role in controlling the rodent population among the Grosmont Station’s many small buildings, nooks, and crannies. After their previous mouser passed away, the...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
The world’s smallest snake was rediscovered under a rock in central Barbados during an ecological survey in March. The Barbados threadsnake (Tetracheilostoma carlae) had been lost to science for nearly 20 years—meaning it had not had a sighting verified and documented...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
One day, a book will be written about the 21st century, and the topic will be how the denizens in the world’s largest cities cleaned up the rivers which flow through them. Whether that’s the Yangtze, the Seine, the Mersey, or the Chicago River, humans have well nigh...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
When we think of technological advances, writes Javier Blas at Bloomberg, we tend towards picturing faster internet, smarter devices, AI, driverless cars, and phone-controlled household appliances. But humanity continues to make advancements with even the most...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
Last year, a historic drought in the lowlands of the Amazon Basin saw hundreds of thousands of acres go up in flames. This year, the combination of more careful local communities and healthy rains have meant that the amount of tropical rainforest burned by wildfires...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
In a sweet story reminiscent of the Velveteen Rabbit, a young boy’s favorite stuffed animal is sleeping soundly again in the arms of his owner following a harrowing few days of separation. The Kay family was returning home from a ski holiday when they parked at a rest...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have demonstrated for the first time that the protein midkine plays a preventative role in Alzheimer’s disease. Midkine is known to accumulate in Alzheimer’s patients, but rather than accelerate the disease, it seems...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
A TikToker recently went viral after sharing astory of the unforgettable treatment showed to him by a local steakhouse when his heart was breaking. Multi-instrumentalist and singer who goes by the username CousinHomer called the Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen location in...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
Every so often the animal kingdom just throws out a curveball that we’re not prepared for—like in 1970 when fishermen reeled in a freakish-looking shark and then it was never seen again. Well 50 years later, that shark—so unique that it was declared a new genus—has...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of WW II on September 2, Ancestry.com used its historical records and online family trees to uncover the remarkable story of a heroic B-17 crew. Their modern-day descendants came together for the first time—like one final...
