Winter wave heights and extreme storms on the rise in Western Europe | Alan Williams

Waves crashing onto Chesil Beach in Dorset during the winter of 2013/14. Credit: Tim Poate/University of Plymouth Apr. 24, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Average winter wave heights along the Atlantic coast of W ...

How young children run around all day without getting tired | Sébastien Ratel & Anthony Blazevich

Credit: Robert Kraft/public domain April 24, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Children not only have fatigue-resistant muscles, but recover very quickly from high-intensity exercise -- even faster than well-traine ...

Amateur mathematician partially solves 60-year-old problem | Bob Yirka

$Amateur mathematician partially solves 60-year-old problem | Bob Yirka$

The 1581-vertex, non-4-colourable unit-distance graph G. Credit: arXiv:1804.02385 April 24, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Professional biologist and amateur mathematician Aubrey de Grey has partially solved the ...

Gender inequality is 'drowning out' the voices of women scientists | Heather Ford & Petra Dekens

Credit: CC0 Public Domain April 24, 2018 (Phys.org) -- A University of Cambridge researcher is calling for the voices of women to be given a fairer platform at a leading scientific conference. Dr. He ...

Record concentration of microplastic in Arctic sea ice | Dr. Ilka Peeken

An AWI scientist is preparing an Arctic sea-ice core for a microplastic analysis in a lab at the AWI Helgoland. Credit: Alfred-Wegener-Institut/Tristan Vankann April 24, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Experts at ...

The Bayer-Monsanto Merger Is Bad News for the Planet | Ellen Brown

April 4, 2018 (Web of Debt) -- Bayer and Monsanto have a long history of collusion to poison the ecosystem for profit. The Trump administration should veto their merger not just to protect competitor ...

TOON: Breaking News, Trump Tweets Truth | Monica Farrington

Monica Farrington -- World News Trust March 24, 2018 TOON: "Breaking News, Trump Tweets Truth." Political commentary by Monica Farrington

TOON: Trump Ready To Wipe Putin's Butt | Monica Farrington

Monica Farrington -- World News Trust March 23, 2018 "Trump Ready To Wipe Putin's Butt." Political commentary by Monica Farrington

Stephen Hawking pinned his hopes on ‘M-theory’ to fully explain the universe -- here’s what it is | Lorenzo Bianchi

Stephen Hawking. Lwp Kommunikáció/Flickr, CC BY-SA March 15, 2018 (The Conversation) -- Rumour has it that Albert Einstein spent his last few hours on Earth scribbling something on a piece of paper i ...

Controlled coupling of light and matter | Heiko Groß et al

Artistic representation of a plasmonic nano-resonator realized by a narrow slit in a gold layer. Upon approaching the quantum dot (red) to the slit opening the coupling strength increases. Credit: He ...

Capitalism is ending because it has made itself obsolete, former Greek finance minister Yannis Varoufakis says | Tom Embury-Denni

Yanis VaroufakisOct. 18, 2017 (Independent) -- Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis claims capitalism is coming to an end because it is making itself obsolete. The former economics professo ...