Scientists detect gravitational waves for third time | Physical Review Letters

This image shows a numerical simulation of a binary black hole merger with masses and spins consistent with the third and most recent LIGO observation, named GW170104. The strength of the gravitation ...

The So-called Resistance | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust May 29, 2017 Entropy never sleeps. It works remorselessly to transform things of value into useless, dissipated waste and heat. Complexity stokes it especial ...

No Exit | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust May 26, 2017 A most curious feature in the current low state of American politics is the delusional thinking at both ends of the political spectrum. Both fac ...

Do You, Mr. Jones…? | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust May 22, 2017 In case you wonder how our politics fell into such a slough of despond, the answer is pretty simple. Neither main political party, or their trai ...

A Monster Eating the Nation | James Howard Kunstler

"NSA Monster." Illustration by Thorsten Erdt James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust May 19, 2017 Is there any question now that the Deep State is preparing to expel President Donald Trump from the ...

My New Book: A Safe and Happy Place | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust May 15, 2017 As you might imagine, I often hear from wannabe professional writers who have finished a book-length project and are horrified to discover that ...

Solving one of nature's great puzzles: What drives the accelerating expansion of the universe? | Physical Review

Photo credit: NASA May 15, 2017 (Phys.org) -- Physicists may have solved one of nature's great puzzles: what causes the accelerating expansion of our universe? University of British Columbia PhD stud ...

Blood Sports | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust May 12, 2017 What you’re seeing in the political miasma of “RussiaGate” is an exercise in nostalgia. Apart from the symbolic feat of getting a “black” presid ...

Paris Afterparty | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust May 8, 2017 First mistake: Emmanuel Macron’s handlers played Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” instead of the French national anthem at the winner’s election rally. W ...

A Paler Shade of Gray | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust May 5, 2017 If you seek to know why this country is in so much trouble, check out the lead reports about the health care reform bill in today’s New York Time ...

The Sound of One Wing Flapping | James Howard Kunstler

One Wing Landing. Photo by Emily Stauring. fineartamerica.com/featured/one-wing-landing-emily-j-photography.htmlJames Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust May 1, 2017 And suddenly the storms of early ...