by admin | Jun 5, 2022 | Biology, History, Science, Technology
Artist Depiction of the Silphium Plant Credit: Bildagentur-online/Getty Images DEA/ G. Cigolini/Getty Images Depending on your personal views, this article could not have come at a more prescient time. I promise, I was already looking into this subject before the US...
by admin | Jun 2, 2022 | Architecture, Chemistry, History, Science, Technology
Inside of the Roman Pantheon The Romans are known for being engineering mad lads who couldn’t help but design some of the most wondrous architecture of the human era. Everything they did was big and grandiose. Their wars outshone all wars up to the Napoleonic...
by admin | May 28, 2022 | History, Science, Technology
Fragment of the Antikythera Mechanism The Antikythera Mechanism. A hand powered orrery used on Greek ships to predict astronomical positions and could even predict eclipses decades in advance. It is described as the world’s first true analogue computer. Of all...
by admin | May 24, 2022 | History, Italian Life
Leonardo Da Vinci Leonardo Da Vinci is famous for being the quintessential Renaissance Man; someone who appears to be a jack of all trades. He was a polymath, with his knowledge of anatomy, art, design, invention, and more. While his accomplishments are too numerous...
by admin | Apr 29, 2022 | Architecture, Chemistry, History, Physics, Science, Technology
For as long as humans have called this wet rock home, we’ve had a bit of a creative streak. Evolution as a natural mother was a tad unkind, and harsh in her judgements, but despite the scars of our upbringing, our species has managed to innovate and create some...
by admin | Apr 20, 2022 | Architecture, History, Italian Life, Orvieto, Story
The bell tolled as I sipped the cappuccino. It was a taps that echoed across the cobbled street in dramatically hollow tones. Car engines rumbled up and down the strada. I frowned slightly as the doors to the half-destroyed cathedral fell open to reveal the pall...
