With staff furloughed, tourists got too close to Old Faithful Published on January 22, 2018 at 08:52PM by Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post Tourists on a commercial snowmobile broke park rules by driving too close to Yellowstone National Park’s iconic Old Faithful geyser Sunday, park […]
Category: Travel
Europe Advisories: Which Countries Require Increased Caution
Earlier this month, the U.S. State Department rolled out its new rating system for its travel advisories. Most destinations in Europe earned the lowest Level 1 rating, such as Switzerland, Poland, Ireland, Portugal, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Greece, Sweden, Iceland, … social experiment […]
How Engineering Earth’s Climate Could Seriously Imperil Life
Travel with me to the year 2100. Despite our best efforts, climate change continues to threaten humanity. Drought, superstorms, flooded coastal cities. Desperate to stop the warming, scientists deploy planes to spray sulfur dioxide in the stratosphere, where it converts into a sulfate aerosol, which […]
The Tortured Deep-Focus Faces of Tournament Chess Players
In 1987, Russian grandmasters Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov faced off in Seville, Spain for the World Chess Championship. David Lloda, then a nine-year-old boy growing up the small northern town of Asturias, remembers being captivated by a newspaper photograph of the two chess geniuses. […]
Rocket Lab successfully launches second Electron booster test flight
Rocket Lab is hoping to fill a niche for small payload orbital launches with its house-built Electron rocket and private launch facility – and now it’s one step closer to full commercial operations. The startup managed its second test flight (via Space) for its Electron […]
LWN.Net Celebrates Its 20th Birthday
LWN.Net Celebrates Its 20th Birthday Published on January 22, 2018 at 12:34PM Free software/Linux news site LWN.net just celebrated its 20th birthday, with publisher Jonathan Corbet calling the last two decades “an amazing journey.” LWN published the first edition of their weekly newsletter on January […]
LWN.Net Celebrates Its 20th Birthday
LWN.Net Celebrates Its 20th Birthday Published on January 22, 2018 at 12:34PM Free software/Linux news site LWN.net just celebrated its 20th birthday, with publisher Jonathan Corbet calling the last two decades “an amazing journey.” LWN published the first edition of their weekly newsletter on January […]
Registration Strong for Caribbean Travel Marketplace
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Registration for this month's Caribbean Travel Marketplace, to be held at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan, … Buyer companies hail from Argentina, the Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, the … […]
LWN.Net Celebrates Its 20th Birthday
LWN.Net Celebrates Its 20th Birthday Published on January 22, 2018 at 12:34PM Free software/Linux news site LWN.net just celebrated its 20th birthday, with publisher Jonathan Corbet calling the last two decades “an amazing journey.” LWN published the first edition of their weekly newsletter on January […]
LWN.Net Celebrates Its 20th Birthday
LWN.Net Celebrates Its 20th Birthday Published on January 22, 2018 at 12:34PM Free software/Linux news site LWN.net just celebrated its 20th birthday, with publisher Jonathan Corbet calling the last two decades “an amazing journey.” LWN published the first edition of their weekly newsletter on January […]