Tourism
What to Look for on the Train Ride From New York to Washington
Sure, the view along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor has its share of grime. But there are also sights that'll make you want to put away your smart phone
February 02, 2012 |
By Susan Spano
Hunting Dinosaurs on Venus
Why bother with cloning and time travel, when your dream safari awaits on a nearby planet?
February 01, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
The Mystique of Route 66
Foreign tourists and local preservationists are bringing stretches of the storied roadway back to life
February 2012 |
By David Lamb
Sunday Funnies Blast Off Into the Space Age
When Dr. Athelstan Spilhaus met President Kennedy in 1962, JFK told him, "The only science I ever learned was from your comic strip."
January 27, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
Evolution World Tour: Ashfall Fossil Beds, Nebraska
Prehistoric rhinoceroses and horses died of volcanic ash inhalation 12 million years ago – their fossils are studied now as a perfect example of natural selection
January 2012 |
By Megan Gambino
Evolution World Tour: Foraminifera Sculpture Park, China
Some of the world's oldest organisms left behind fossilized shells that, when translated to a large sculpture, bring an artistic edge to evolution
January 2012 |
By Karen Larkins
Evolution World Tour: Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
The exotic locale, home to tortoises, cacti, iguanas and finches, was a source of inspiration for Darwin's theory of evolution
January 2012 |
By Laura Helmuth
Evolution World Tour: Isle Royale, Michigan
Moose and wolves face off in the world’s longest-running study of predators and prey
January 2012 |
By T.A. Frail
Evolution World Tour: The Cradle of Humankind, South Africa
The world's greatest source of hominid fossils is among dozens of caves just hours from Johannesburg
January 2012 |
By Erin Wayman
Evolution World Tour: La Brea Tar Pits, California
Just a short drive from the mansions of Beverly Hills lies a site where paleontologists have found over three million fossils
January 01, 2012 |
By Marian Holmes
Evolution World Tour: Burgess Shale, British Columbia, Canada
Located in the Canadian Rockies, the fossil-rich dig site provides clues to scientists investigating how animal life began
January 01, 2012 |
By Jeanne Maglaty
Evolution World Tour: Kangaroo Island, Australia
Mammals come in three types and the best place to see them all in one place is this small island off the southern coast of Australia
January 2012 |
By Laura Helmuth
Evolution World Tour: Wadi Hitan, Egypt
In Egypt's Western Desert, evidence abounds that before they were the kings of the ocean, whales roamed the earth on four legs
January 2012 |
By Abigail Tucker
Evolution World Tour: Jurassic Coast, England
The best opportunity to play paleontologist is on the southern coast of England, a site rich with marine reptile fossils
January 2012 |
By Sarah Zielinski
Evolution World Tour: Mendel's Garden, Czech Republic
At an abbey in the Czech town of Brno, a friar studied peas and laid the groundwork for modern genetics
January 2012 |
By Beth Py-Lieberman
Evolution World Tour: Mount St. Helens, Washington
Over thirty years after the volcanic eruption, plant and animal life has returned to the disaster site, a veritable living laboratory
January 2012 |
By Lyn Garrity
Traveling Light in the New Year
Don't overpack is a rule to live by. So why not declutter on New Year's Eve
December 29, 2011 |
By Susan Spano
Descending Into Hawaii's Haleakala Crater
A trip to the floor of the Maui volcano still promises an encounter with the "raw beginnings of world-making"
December 2011 |
By Tony Perrottet
Zuccotti Park: Protest Site as Tourist Attraction
Getting a feel for the sliver of green in lower Manhattan that Occupy Wall Street Protesters call home
November 08, 2011 |
By Susan Spano
Italy, Via Murder Mystery
Forget the guidebooks. Whodunits offer a private eye on Italian art, food and culture
November 01, 2011 |
By Susan Spano
