Pub chain JD Wetherspoon is printing up beer mats calling for a Brexit — Britain exiting the European Union — ahead of the June 23 referendum on EU membership. The 200,000 beer mats will be stocked in ...

Beer mats protect tables from unsightly condensation rings. However, they are sometimes also misused as projectiles. Usually with little success: after just a short time, the cardboard coaster leaves ...

The curved rim on a Frisbee acts as an airfoil, which generates lift almost like an airplane wing. For beer mats, however, gravity takes hold soon after becoming airborne, greatly affecting its lift ...

Many a pub crawler has engaged in the time-honored tradition of throwing beer mats—those round cardboard coasters that are ubiquitous in bars—as if the mats were frisbees, often competing to see who ...

An ad for the book "Iris Murdoch's Beermats" which collects the bar coasters of famed U.K. writer Iris Murdoch When it comes to the world of beer and bars, retro designs never go out of style. Think ...

Do not believe the rumours that you need a Panama hat. Then it's a simple case of following these steps... 1. Line up the beer mat overhanging the edge of the table, you want around 55-60% of the beer ...

LONDON — If you've ever secretly yearned to sip butterbeer in the Hog's Head Inn or rest your legs alongside some hobbits in the Prancing Pony, you're almost certainly not alone. Some films are so ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Ever wonder where those little cardboard beer mats that slide under your glass come from? Neither did we. But German newspaper ...

Pub chain JD Wetherspoon has printed 500,000 pro-Brexit beer mats. The mats say "big business" leaders have "tried to fool the public" on the referendum vote by lying about higher food prices. The ...

Whilst modelling the forces acting upon a thrown beer mat, physicists discover why flat discs have such poor flight potential. The question ‘Why do beer mats make bad frisbees?’ may initially seem ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has its critics. From anti-austerity economists such as Paul Krugman and Yanis Varoufakis, to outraged politicians like Greece's Alexis Tsipras and institutions ...

Anyone who has ever failed to throw a beer mat into a hat should take note: physicists have discovered why this task is so difficult. However, their study also suggests how to significantly increase ...