CHICAGO — Years after returning from China, where he and his parents lived for four years, Hugh Shepard still remembers his life in Beijing vividly. Shepard's experience in China is included in West Meets East: 100 Essays from University Students in the United States, a book that contains the experiences of students studying Chinese and which was published by the …
A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Despite this extraordinary event taking place 6.8 million miles away from Earth, we’ll get to see it play out in real time. The Italian Space Agency’s LICIACube will act as DART’s photojournalist, following behind the spacecraft and capturing images and video that will show the whole story. Other …