New Orleans, with its mix of French, Spanish and Creole culture, is especially festive, with organizations called krewes putting on parades through Fat Tuesday. Each has its own … For help planning a Mardi Gras getaway, contact your travel agent at Travel Leaders/Fly Away Travel […]
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Bettany Hughes on exploring Greece like the ancients
Starting from Santorini, a centre of maritime travel since the Bronze Age — cases dragging, straw hats on, popping roasted sunflower seeds bought from a harbour boy and piling onto boats piloted with millimetre precision by the ship-loving Greeks — is fundamentally thrilling. In the […]
SpaceX sets historic first Falcon Heavy launch for February 6
SpaceX has set February 6 as the target for its Falcon Heavy launch, the first ever test flight of the new, high-capacity rocket that the company is building to allow it to send nearly three times as much payload per mission into orbit. SpaceX CEO […]
New on Sports Illustrated: In New Philadelphia, Ohio, a Search for New Eagles Fans selected by Livio Acerbo Bot
Here is the news The MMQB road trip stops in on 50-cent wings night to see if a town’s name can sway rooting interest for Super Bowl LII on Sport Illustrated
Joanne Clifton: How I like to spend my time on holiday and why I love Italy
Joanne Clifton: How I like to spend my time on holiday and why I love Italy … I lived in Italy for 14 years, so I suppose you could say that was one big holiday! …. I haven't seen much of the places I've been […]
Timex Ironman GPS Review: What Athletes Need, And Nothing More
Full disclosure: Unbeknownst to my editors, I wore a Timex Ironman watch for over a decade. My Timex did everything I needed a watch to do. I wore it traveling, snowboarding, swimming, running, snorkeling and surfing. I could set an alarm, check my pace, and […]
Yumiko Oho teaches the ABC’s of life in Italy
After 18 months in the role and accumulating disposable income — due to not having the time to spend her salary — Oho packed her bags for Italy to enjoy a “carefree year” of studying Italian and traveling. It was a country she enjoyed visiting […]
‘Madden 18’ eSports events will air on ESPN and Disney XD
Competition coverage kicks off tomorrow when ESPNEWS airs the Madden NFL 18 Club Championship quarterfinals. The tournament is taking place at the Pro Bowl and features players repping all 32 NFL teams. The Club Championship finals will then take place at the Super Bowl Experience […]
Sisters Queen Margrethe and Queen Anne-Marie make rare joint appearance at “To Greece with …
The two-day conference, attended by people from as far away as Texas, USA, was organised around the British travel writer and freedom fighter in Greece, Patrick Leigh Fermor. Their Majesties heard various lectures, including one from Patrick Leigh Fermor's biographer, Artemis Cooper. The Queen of … […]
Crispr’s Next Big Challenge: Getting Where It Needs to Go
Your DNA is your body’s most closely guarded asset. To reach it, any would-be-invaders have to get under your skin, travel through your bloodstream undetected by immune system sentries, somehow cross a cell membrane, and finally find their way into the nucleus. Most of the […]