by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
$40 million may seem like a lot of money to the average person, but it’s just a fraction of what municipalities were spending to cleanup and shore-up their cities and towns following Hurricane Helene. For Vine City, Atlanta, $40 million was the cost of a solution to...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
Among all the world’s coastlines, those stretching across central and southern India are among the most vulnerable to erosion. In the states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, a program funded by the World Bank aims to create 100,000 jobs that will help protect these...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
A Massachusetts community was delighting in the smile of their neighborhood community resource dog after he got a meaty reward for his good deed. In the town of Avon, a known dementia patient went missing, and Cruiser the golden retriever cruised right to his...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 27, 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 | Sep 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
The largest private land conservation project in America recently took a huge step forward to its ultimate goal by acquiring a controversial, 22,000-acre property from recalcitrant owners. The private ranchland blocked a 3.8-mile access road to a large National...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Australian shark experts have tested four bite-resistant materials to assess their ability to reduce injuries and blood loss, and found that While internal and crushing injuries may still occur, bite-resistant wetsuits can now be added to the ‘toolkit’ of measures...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
In Ohio, across multiple state correctional facilities, inmates are rehabilitating themselves by rehabilitating others: specifically the most fragile and vulnerable of others: injured or orphaned animals. Tiny birds—victims of a fall from the nest, baby rabbits...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
The world-renowned beauty of Italy’s Lake Como has been turned into a disaster area after a rainstorm pummeled the eponymous city and surrounding towns. With tens of millions in property damage, the local soccer team—currently experiencing a fairytale season—announced...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
University scientists in Chicago have developed a new nanostructure that triples CRISPR’s ability to enter cells, potentially unlocking even more power to treat genetic diseases. With the power to rewrite the genetic code that underlies countless diseases, CRISPR...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
‘Britain’s strongest grandmother’ has broken four world records just 18 months after taking up powerlifting “by accident”. At the age of 65, Martine Barons has become a four-time champion after lifting for Great Britain at the World and European Championships. The...
