Does Dante’s Inferno from the 14th century depict an asteroid impact?
Dante’s description of the fall of Lucifer to Earth from heaven seems to sport many of the hallmarks of an impact, forming a multi-ringed crater with a central peak.
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Dante’s description of the fall of Lucifer to Earth from heaven seems to sport many of the hallmarks of an impact, forming a multi-ringed crater with a central peak.
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is about to pull off a dramatic close flyby of Mars, skimming just 2,800 miles above the planet to get a powerful gravitational boost on its journey to the mysterious metal-rich asteroid Psyche. The maneuver will save…

Orion never had a sword like this.
Sometimes the price wasn’t missing; its disclosure was just delayed. That’s what Minzhe Xu, assistant professor of marketing in Iowa State University’s Ivy College of Business, and his fellow researchers noticed when shopping online. A growing number of retailers were…
There is an old adage that goes, “you are what you eat,” meaning that the food you consume helps build your body and fuel your mind. The same is true now as it ever was. When it comes to early…
A global report into the chocolate industry has found that while some companies are improving their sustainability practices, many retailers are still failing to ensure transparent and accountable cocoa supply chains that would protect cocoa farming communities.
‘Designing something new as a creator is incredibly exciting, but at the same time, it’s an extremely challenging endeavor.’
The Swedish government recently announced it was moving from the classroom use of digital devices back to physical books. It cited concerns over declining test scores and increasing screen time.
A team at the University of Hong Kong has developed a new “super steel” that can survive the harsh conditions needed to make green hydrogen from seawater. The material uses an unexpected double-protection mechanism that resists corrosion far better than…
Scientists at the University of Rochester pulled off a remarkable experiment: they transferred a longevity-related gene from the famously long-lived naked mole rat into mice, and the mice ended up healthier and lived longer. The special gene boosts production of…