by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
A pair of lives that diverged down different paths have now become unlikely partners, merged within a common cause. 60-year-old Willette Benford spent 24 years—nearly half her life—in an Illinois prison until a change in state laws expedited her release. While behind...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
(Article by Jackie Rocheleau originally published by Knowable Magazine) Infusion of the tiny, sausage-shaped structures helps to rejuvenate tissues deprived of blood. Researchers hope the technique can treat a variety of damaged organs. James McCully was in the lab...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
Volunteer ‘duck wardens’ are helping a group of mallards safely waddle across town after they chose a parking lot as the best place to roost with their ducklings. 15 citizens have answered the duck call in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, rotating shifts to personally escort...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 2, 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 | Aug 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
Last year, an Australian R&D team proposed a revolutionary new way to create and transport renewable hydrogen energy. The partnership from Curtin University and Velox Energy Materials devised a circular hydrogen industry consisting of hydrogen generation, the...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
Our solar system’s resident ring-bearer Saturn will be visible with its iconic rings on August 11th-12th. It’s the first time in 15 years that the southern face of Saturn’s rings will reach a tilt of 3″. It will be visible from Earth through a basic telescope, and the...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
For the first time in over 80 years, young quaking aspens are growing tall and broad in the northern reaches of Yellowstone National Park. The unexpected return of this iconic tree of the West is now being attributed to the return of another Western icon: the gray...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Aug 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
Following the powerful earthquake originating off the coast of Russia, a UN organization’s early warning systems triggered a tsunami alert within just 10 minutes. Thanks to this global monitoring system, which has been deployed for more than 20 years, millions of...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 31, 2025 | Uncategorized
A pair of ancient tombs have been found in Poland that point to a distinctive Stone Age culture famous for earthen mounds. Discovered through remote sensing technology during routine fieldwork in the Dezydery Chłapowski Landscape Park, they seem similar to a famous...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 31, 2025 | Uncategorized
American R&B singer Ciara has been awarded citizenship to the African country of Benin as part of a new law that aims to attract the African diaspora. Like similar initiatives in neighboring Ghana, the law is seen as a way of bringing tourism and investment, but...
