Mike Allen

4 days ago | phys.org | Mike Allen |Lisa Lock |Andrew Zinin

Picture a place at the center of a global seaweed revolution. I'll bet the small English seaside town of Paignton in south Devon is not what comes to mind. A decade ago, I moved from the edge of Dartmoor to the coast. It was about a simple change in work-life balance, but what followed was more surprising.

5 days ago | axios.com | Mike Allen

Cover: FortuneWalmart leads the Fortune 500 for the 13th straight year, according to the magazine's annual ranking — out this morning. The top 10 (U.S. companies, ranked by FY 2024 revenue):Walmart. Amazon. UnitedHealth Group. Apple. CVS Health. Berkshire Hathaway. Alphabet. ExxonMobil. McKesson. Cencora (pharmaceutical solutions; formerly AmerisourceBergen). Between the lines: California is home to the most Fortune 500 companies for the second year in a row with 58 — beating Texas (54) and New York (53).

5 days ago | axios.com | Jim Vande Hei |Mike Allen

Illustration: Annelise Capossela/AxiosThe two most durable and decisive geopolitical topics of the 2020s are fully merging into one existential threat: China and AI supremacy. Put simply, America either maintains its economic and early AI advantages, or faces the possibility of a world dominated by communist China. Why it matters: This is the rare belief shared by both President Trump and former President Biden — oh, and virtually every person studying the geopolitical chessboard.

5 days ago | downtoearth.org.in | Mike Allen

Picture a place at the centre of a global seaweed revolution. I’ll bet the small English seaside town of Paignton in south Devon is not what comes to mind. A decade ago, I moved from the edge of Dartmoor to the coast. It was about a simple change in work-life balance, but what followed was more surprising. The kids were four and seven. I’d always tried to inspire them with my scientific research. Moving to Paignton and walking along Broadsands beach one day, I started noticing piles of seaweed.

1 week ago | theconversation.com | Mike Allen

Picture a place at the centre of a global seaweed revolution. I’ll bet the small English seaside town of Paignton in south Devon is not what comes to mind. A decade ago, I moved from the edge of Dartmoor to the coast. It was about a simple change in work-life balance, but what followed was more surprising. The kids were four and seven. I’d always tried to inspire them with my scientific research. Moving to Paignton and walking along Broadsands beach one day, I started noticing piles of seaweed.