by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
From the Jersey Shore comes the story of a parasail operator rescuing a kayaker and her dogs as fast as the wind which capsized them was blowing across the water. It was Thursday evening in Sea Isle City and Brennan Bollard wasn’t working. A storm was forecasted and...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
A farmer in Kansas had an idea for an anniversary gift, but it was going to take eight months, one mile of land, and 65 million wheat seeds. Jesse Blasi and his wife Sarah were set to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary this year. And he was inspired by another...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Looking as intact as the day it was forged, a 1,000-year-old sword has gone on display in the Netherlands. Capturing a transition in medieval military technology with its expert degree of preservation as well as a dramatic culture of weapon embellishment with its...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
From a country that’s typically in the news for hurting whales comes the story of a mass-stranding event with a happy ending. Around 60 pilot whales, known locally as grindhvalur, were found stranded on Ólafsfjörður beach last Sunday. Locals and emergency crews rushed...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
It takes guts, experience, and community connections to be a ‘beat cop’—not the sort of environment where you’d expect to see a senior club. “Walk the Beat” was the brilliant, and likely life-saving idea cooked up by the Boston Police Department during COVID-19 to...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Swedish engineers have improved the process through which hydrogen fuel is produced from solar electricity by 800%. Hydrogen fuel is considered one of the best renewable alternatives to fossil fuels in heavy machinery like planes and ships, but its creation requires...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Nationally protected badgers have just been given the right of way by Cornwall council, with a new wildlife crossing that will allow them to pass over a busy road unharmed. To reach across the four-lane divided highway, the crossing, nicknamed the “badger bridge,” is...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
After a young Virginian saved his family from a house fire, the local fire chief admitted that if he ever needed a job in his hometown, it’s enough to come by the fire department. Romir Parker, a seventh grader from the city of Petersburg, near Richmond, was presented...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Addison McArthur was just a few weeks old when she received the gift that saved her life. Not long after her birth, the left side of Addison’s heart stopped working. The official diagnosis was left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy—a rare disorder that can...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jun 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Your iPhone 16 camera has 48 megapixels. Astronomy’s latest toy has 3,200. That’s because the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has to be able to image a framing of the night sky as large as seven full moons side to side. It has to be able to do this because of its...
