The early solar system was a violent place, and ancient Earth was pummeled by a bevy of asteroids for millions of years. Now, a new study shows this period of heavy bombardment was 10 times greater than previously believed. An asteroid impact 66 million years ago wiped out much of life on Earth, endingthe Age of Dinosaurs. Between 3.5 and 2.5 billion years ago, impacts the size of this Chicxulub event or larger would have struck Earth every 15 million years or so, this new study finds....

Remember that semester you spent in Florence? Love traveling but can’t take time off? Or are you apprehensive about traveling long distances to a place you’ve never been? Want to try naan more than you want to fly to India?CityCiaois almost ready for takeoff. CityCiao is a new kind of daily deals site for people who love to travel but can’t always jetset to their favorite destination. It is a platform for promoting global influence in and around a city....

Social coupon serviceslikeGrouponand Living Social can potentially save you a lot of cash with discounted vouchers. Although, it’s pretty easy to lose track of them, and if you’re using a bunch of these coupon services, you might even forget to use them before the expiry dates. Here’s where the new service CityPockets comes in handy. New York-Based startupCityPockets, gives deal-hunters a way to manage multiple coupon services in one tidy place....

A pair of scientists from the UK recently published a pre-print research paper discussing the theory of a universe with no beginning. Imagine it: our universe has always existed. The Big Bang either never happened or it was simply another event in the infinite history of… itself. On the surface it sounds counter-intuitive. According to the researchers, a quantum physics paradigm called a “causal set” structure makes it possible for the universe to exist beyond its perceived origin....

TLDR:This Smart Visual Ear Cleaner uses an ultra-nifty HD camera to help take the guesswork out of ear cleaning, all at a Labor Day sale price. First, a word of warning…don’t ever Google for images of cotton swabs in ears. While it seems harmless enough, there are some graphic pictures that can show exactly what happens if you defy the advice of doctors and go rogue on your ear cleaning tools....