U ntil we live in a world based purely on sliding doors, door hinges will remain some of the most unsung heroes of our society. We'd still be able to saunter through door frames, ...

The Roman goddess of doorways and transitions won out. By Remy Tumin For thousands of years, Cardea has been known as the Roman goddess of doorways and transitions, a guardian of thresholds.

The public was able to vote between these finalists until Jan 1. Chilcutt chose the name Cardea based on the Roman deity Cardea, the goddess of doorways and transitions, symbolizing the ...

Cardea was up against six other finalists in ... and Tecciztecatl, a lunar deity representing the "man on the moon" in Aztec mythology.

It is thus only fitting for a goddess to be named for none other than the door hinge: Cardea. And now, thanks to Clay Chilcutt, a student at the University of Georgia, there is a cosmic object ...