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“Our travel experience is about to get seamless, contactless, pleasant, fast, and personalized,” claims Rana Nawas, the lead author of a new study from Oliver Wyman Forum. As advances in artificial intelligence continue, there’s a chance that airport travel will be completely different by the end of the decade, which could boost sustainability. You can’t [...]
Many U.S. presidents were raised loving the outdoors, and their love for nature showed in how they did their job as the nation’s leader. From signing legislation, including the Antiquities Act and the Endangered American Wilderness Act, to serving as a park ranger and casting a mean fly, these five former presidents are some of [...]
As Virgin Galactic readies the first-ever commercial spaceflight, safety experts draw comparisons to the tragic Titan sub-implosion.
Women in the 60s couldn’t have a credit card or get an Ivy League education, but they still stood up for what they believed in, and many of them did what they could to improve life for current and future generations. In particular, many women throughout history have advocated for the outdoors. Here are four [...]
What makes a great campfire song? There has to be a timelessness about it, to start. It requires a memorable, recognizable melody, lyrics that are easy to remember and sing, and themes that resonate with friends and family gathered around a campfire.
Concertgoers were pelted with golf-ball size hail, leaving nearly 100 people injured. It raises the question: are hail storms getting worse?
Renowned film director of the 1997 Titanic film featuring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio and ocean super-fan James Cameron has weighed on the safety of the Titan submersible. Cameron said that he suspected a tragedy as soon as he heard about it. “I felt in my bones what had happened,” he said. “For the sub’s [...]
An orca attacked a yacht off the coast of Scotland, U.K. This is the first time this behavior has been recorded beyond Portuguese and Spanish waters. Alfredo López Fernandez, a biologist and representative of the Grupo de Trabajo Orca Atlántica, or Atlantic Orca Working Group (GTOA) told Live Science that behavior can spread through social [...]
As we’ve seen in his many TV shows, survival expert Bear Grylls has to avoid lots of deadly sea creatures under the water – in rivers and lakes as well as in oceans. The dangers of piranhas, jellyfish, electric eels, and urchins are often well-known. But what about the sea creatures that look harmless but [...]
