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Photo: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. — World News Trust January 25, 2021 Back in the pre-mask era, I'd regularly venture into Manhattan to train fitness clients. On those early morning trips, it was not uncommon to find myself dodging the watery spray kicked up by dozens of hose-wielding doormen. They would be cleansing the pavement in front of luxury buildings for the daily parade of designer shoes and cu ...
(credit unknown) Mickey Z. — World News Trust January 22, 2021 Growing up in a blue-collar, working-class environment set the stage for non-stop masculine conditioning in my youth. This, in turn, mad ...
Natalie Merchant (credit unknown) Mickey Z. — Now With Purpose January 21, 2021 In her 1998 song, “Life is Sweet,” Natalie Merchant warns: “Life is sweet/And life is also very short.” Who knew the wo ...
(image courtesy of Gina Ranalli) Mickey Z. — World News Trust January 18, 2021 The last time I interviewed Gina Ranalli was all the way back in August 2008. I opened that article like this: “Upon fir ...
Zuccotti Park, the site of the original Occupy Wall Street: September 30, 2011 (Photo: Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust January 15, 2021 The past year has provided us with no shortage of stanc ...
(Photos courtesy of Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust January 12, 2021 (This article is timed to be released on January 12 — 13 years to the day since my mother died and three years to the day ...
Photo: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. — Now With Purpose January 11, 2021 For the record, there is an official definition of spiritual: “Relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material ...
Engraving of the Boston Massacre, 1770. Credit: Paul Revere Jan. 8, 2020 (Phys.org) -- New work by SFI's Collective Computation Group (C4) finds that human conflict exhibits remarkable regularity des ...
Quadruple-helix DNA. Credit: Imperial College London Jan. 8, 2021 (Phys.org) -- New probes allow scientists to see four-stranded DNA interacting with molecules inside living human cells, unraveling i ...
Dr Xingyuan (Mike) Xu with the integrated optical microcomb chip, which forms the core part of the optical neuromorphic processor. Credit: Swinburne University of Technology Jan. 7, 2021 (TechXplore) ...
Abdo, aged 4, with his uncle Yahya in Al Sadaqah hospital. Abdo passed away on December 3, 2020 from the effects of severe acute malnutrition. (Courtesy of Giles Clarke/U.N. Office for the Coordinati ...