Five stories from the past eight days. Each one names the outlet that reported it, and the excerpt under it comes from that outlet's own feed, not from us.
Your Weekly Horoscope
Good News Network, October 3.
Our partner Rob Brezsny, whose latest book is Enlightenment for Rebels: Celebrating Our Wild and Sacred Earthly Selves, 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 publications.
Ancient Christian Complex Reopens in Syria After 14 Years, a War, and an Earthquake
Good News Network, October 3.
A 5th-century Christian heritage site has reopened to visitors in Aleppo, Syria, after rehabilitation, restoration, and clearing the remnants of war. Syria’s Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums officially reopened the Saint Simeon church complex on October 2 with a ceremony, welcoming visitors after 14 years of closure.
Fighting dengue with sterile insects: Lisbon’s experimental approach
Optimist Daily, October 2.
Portugal has released 30,000 sterile male mosquitoes in Lisbon as part of a push to bring down populations of the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), a species that can carry dengue, Zika, and yellow fever. Last Thursday’s release in Alvalade was the third and final deployment of this phase.
How a simple urine test could spare most women from invasive womb cancer procedures
Optimist Daily, October 2.
Researchers at the University of Manchester developed a non-invasive womb cancer test that correctly identified most cancers and returned a negative result for 93 percent of women who did not have the disease. The test uses urine and vaginal fluid samples, is inexpensive, and requires no internal examination.
Reviving L.A.’s Burned Landscapes, One Seed Bomb at a Time
Reasons to Be Cheerful, October 1.
If you’ve been through a wildfire, you may never forget the torrid heat, the acrid smell of smoke and the threatening sight of flames closing in.