Cal Crutchlow sits at the top of MotoGP. The last time a Briton held a similar position in motorcycle racing’s blue riband series, a drilled hole through a crash helmet to enable a last-minute cigarette on the grid was not regarded as an outrageous gesture. As with almost … [Read more...] about Cal Crutchlow: Britain’s MotoGP hero describes the physical demands of life at the limit
Physical limits of the human body
Three sisters sue council over alleged child abuse by foster couple branded ‘two of the worst humans’
Three sisters have launched legal action against a council after they were placed with foster parents they accused of abusing them. The siblings claim they were beaten and sexually abused by John Cassidy and his wife Alma over nearly two decades at their home in Glasgow. John … [Read more...] about Three sisters sue council over alleged child abuse by foster couple branded ‘two of the worst humans’
Chemistry Nobel Prize awarded for tiny motors and the world’s smallest machines
On Wednesday (5.10.2016) in Stockholm the baked goods were back. The Nobel Prize committee seems eager this year to explain complicated scientific facts with every day objects. It was bagels and pretzels on Tuesday. They used them to demonstrate the concept of topology for which … [Read more...] about Chemistry Nobel Prize awarded for tiny motors and the world’s smallest machines
A City Comes to Terms with a Physical Symbol of its Nazi Past
Nuremberg calls itself the "City of Peace and Human Rights" and an international human rights prize is awarded there every two years, in part to counteract its image as the Nazis' favorite city. Adolf Hitler once held his party gatherings in Nuremberg and had begun construction … [Read more...] about A City Comes to Terms with a Physical Symbol of its Nazi Past
Up close and cold: Cryo-electron microscopy takes the 2017 Chemistry Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize committee's Goran Hansson let the words "cool method" roll off his tongue, and then let them hang in the air on Wednesday. And then with a light smile he continued to describe the achievements of the three newly-minted Nobel Chemistry laureates. "A revolution … [Read more...] about Up close and cold: Cryo-electron microscopy takes the 2017 Chemistry Nobel Prize