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Peeking behind curtains, metaphorically, phys.org is most interesting. It is and it isn't "phys.org," as one peeks behind their curtains.

"Help" and "FAQ" and "About" and "Contact" at the bottom banner all point to another domain -- sciencex.com. And their "account" is from "scienceex" as well.

A whois query states that phys.org is a GoDaddy domain, registered 26 April 2002, and that domain specifically uses Domains By Proxy, LLC, in Arizona, to suppress further information about phys.org.

"sciencex.com" as the operator of "phys.org" is also a GoDaddy domain, registered 8 August 2001, so BEFORE the phys.org registration. Sciencex is also privacy protected, so further "curtains" are pulled away by other means.

But "sciencex" leads by virtue of its European location and under their laws to info:

Science X is wholly owned by Omicron Limited, headquartered in Douglas, Isle Of Man, British Isles.
Omicron Limited
36 Hope Street, Douglas
IM1 1AR, Isle of Man
So who is Omicron Limited?
"OMICRON LIMITED -- Company number 02957501
Registered office address -- Three Horseshoe Inn, Trecastle, Brecon, Powys, Wales, LD3 8UP
Incorporated on 10 August 1994
Ashlee Rajan BABLA is named as director, and a number of other family members are in the management, so it seems this family operates Omicron Limted in WALES, which operates Science X in the Isle of Man, which operates phys.org, it is essentially a British media entity.
Interestingly, the same Ashlee Rajan BABLA is registered as director also of Canbury Interiors Contracting Ltd (14799138) whose address is also at the Wales address, and is a "Building Contractor." And he is also a director of British Sarozal Ltd (00417976) at the same address. And he is director of BSL Express Service Ltd (01290921) at the Wales address, and...
BSL Express Spares "We carry the largest stock of military aviation and naval electro mechanical components in the UK "
And...
Canbury Interiors "Canbury Interiors is a building, plumbing and heating contractor based in the Brecon Beacons, Wales. We specialize in renovations and refurbishments of homes and business premises with a passion and attention to detail that is second to none."

So phys.org, appearing an American science news site, is under the aegis of sciencex.com in the Isle of Man (a Crown dependency of the UK) and operated by mostly a large family with businesses from military parts to home renovation.

Resource bunch, eh?