by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
As green as the Chardonnay grapes they grow, a winery along the base of California’s coastal Santa Lucia Mountains run entirely on wind power. The mountains’ unique geography keeps the area windy, which powers not only a large private wind turbine, but a delayed and...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
A trial investigating the potential for a gene therapy to correct congenital deafness in children and young adults saw all 10 participants gain auditory ability, and allowed them to hear the sound of falling rain or their mother’s voice for the first time ever. The...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
Astronomers have confirmed for just the third time ever that the solar system has been visited by an interstellar comet. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, it is blazing through our cosmic cul-de-sac at truly awe-inspiring speeds between the main asteroid belt and Jupiter, and will...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
When Sandie Gillard fell from a two-story window, the impact knocked the senior citizen unconscious, a state that may have become permanent if not for the intervention of a very small, very unlikely hero. Lightly tapping on her head, a bird named Jellybean roused its...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone. This ‘auto-petrification’ may offer a strange new way to reduce human carbon emissions, as the mineral created by the trees has a much longer...
