Human-Caused Minerals: Another Sure Sign of the Anthropocene?
To the ever-growing list of uniquely human tweaks to the planet, we can add the creation of 208 minerals. A list compiled by researchers from the Carnegie Institution for Science,…
The cosmic ballet goes on: 15 of our favorite pop-culture eclipses
The Simpsons has prominently featured a solar eclipse twice in its long run, but most memorably in the Season 20 episode “Gone Maggie Gone,” where Marge is stricken blind and…