by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
A patient with type 1 diabetes has become the first in the world to produce his own insulin via transplanted cells edited with CRISPR. The edits halted his own immune system from attacking the cells, leading to production of insulin in the pancreas as if he never had...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
A planned community in Arizona has used time-honored Mediterranean strategies to keep temperatures down and attitudes high. Western civilization has grown remarkably climate conscious over the last 20 years, but not when it comes to building, civic planning, and...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
From Australia comes the story of a Sikh’s kindness caught on camera when he thought no one was looking. With the heavens having opened, the man, a postal worker who had arrived at a house to deliver a package, took “one minute” to pull down the client’s laundry and...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
In a “unique in the world” event, a Swedish town is moving its entire historic church, all 672 tons of materials, down the road to a new address. The move is necessary to protect it from falling into a sinkhole, the result of the expansion of an underground iron mine....
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
After doing laundry last Saturday, Ken Porter noticed a missed call on his phone from the local police department. “When I returned the call, I learned that my 4-year-old had called 911 and struck up a conversation about soccer and swimming,” Micah’s father told GNN....
