Magnetic field and hydrogels could be used to grow new cartilage | Perelman School of Medicine

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Oct. 19, 2020 (MedicalXpress) -- Using a magnetic field and hydrogels, a team of researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have demons ...

All the Leaves are Brown | Mickey Z.

(Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust October 16, 2020 “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.” (Joni Mitchell) Each fall, even the most nature-oblivious humans can’t help but notice — and ...

Big payoff if Nature 'restored' in the right places | Marlowe Hood

Returning wetlands to their natural state would bring the highest return on investment, both in preventing species loss and slowing the pace of global warming. Credit: AFP Oct. 14, 2020 (AFP) --Resto ...

Some ‘Rumble Fish’ Make Their Own Way Back to the River | Mickey Z.

YouTube screenshot of a scene from Rumble Fish (1983) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust October 14, 2020 When I was in grade school, my classmates and I were introduced to the writer, S.E. Hinton. We wer ...

In 1492, (buff) Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue | Mickey Z

Photo: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust October 11, 2020 Below the elevated platform at the Astoria Boulevard/Hoyt Avenue N train station, my neighborhood plays host to Columbus Square — which ...

My Remembrance of Edward Van Halen | Mickey Z.

Edward Van Halen (probably early 1980s) — credit unknown Mickey Z. -- World News Trust October 8, 2020 Edward Van Halen (EVH) was my favorite guitarist of all-time. As a disciple of what is now calle ...

That Time When Negro League Legend Josh Gibson Hit a Ball Out of Yankee Stadium | Mickey Z.

Josh Gibson scoring a run for the Homestead Grays in a game against the Newark Eagles at Griffith Stadium in Washington in 1942. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) Mickey Z. -- World News Tr ...

Make Language Great Again (all words matter) | Mickey Z.

Photo Credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust September 27, 2020 And the world looks just the same/And history ain't changed Because the banners, they are flown in the next war (“Won’t Get Fo ...

Everything You Know About Self-Defense is Wrong | Mickey Z.

Photo Credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust September 25, 2020 To begin, let me clarify what “self-defense” means. I’ll do so by paraphrasing this from the Center for Anti-Violence Educatio ...

In These Divided States of America | Mickey Z.

(Meme found on Facebook) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust September 22, 2020 I diligently and happily stayed away from Facebook for years. But recently, I re-activated. I did so to increase fundraising ...

Why 536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’ | Ann Gibbons

A 72-meter ice core drilled in the Colle Gnifetti Glacier in the Swiss Alps entombs more than 2000 years of fallout from volcanoes, storms, and human pollution. NICOLE SPAULDING/CCI FROM C. P. LOVELU ...