Transportation
Endangered Site: Historic Route 66, U.S.A.
The 2,400 mile highway was eclipsed by interstate highways that bypassed neon signs of roadside diners
March 2009 |
By Megan Gambino
Steering Ships Through a Treacherous Waterway
Braving storms with high seas a group of elite ship pilots steers tankers and freighters through the Columbia River
February 2009 |
By Matt Jenkins
The Perils of Bird-Plane Collisions
When airlines want to investigate dangerous bird strikes against planes, they turn to the head of the Smithsonian’s Feather Identification Lab
January 16, 2009 |
By Sarah Zielinski
Africa on the Fly
Dangling from a paraglider with a propeller on his back, photographer George Steinmetz gets a new perspective on Africa
January 2009 |
By Abigail Tucker
Spirit of the Sea
Tlingit artisans craft a canoe that embodies their culture's oceangoing past
September 2008 |
By Megan Gambino
The Truth About Traffic
Author Tom Vanderbilt Shows Why Cars and People Don’t Mix
August 25, 2008 |
By Abigail Tucker
Termite Bellies and Biofuels
Scientist Falk Warnecke's research into termite digestion may hold solutions to our energy crisis
August 01, 2008 |
By Julia Olmstead
A World on Rails
A journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway offers inspiring sights, from snowscapes to wildlife
July 2008 |
By Sally McGrane
Raiders or Traders?
A replica Viking vessel sailing the North Sea has helped archaeologists figure out what the stalwart Norsemen were really up to
July 2008 |
By Andrew Curry
Sky King
Pan Am founder Juan Trippe turned Americans into frequent fliers
November 2007 |
By Owen Edwards
Abandoned Ship: the Mary Celeste
What really happened aboard the Mary Celeste? More than a century after her crew went missing, a scenario is emerging
November 2007 |
By Jess Blumberg
Who's Fueling Whom?
Why the biofuels movement could run out of gas
November 2007 |
By Richard Conniff
Seeking Friendlier Skies
Can radar networks eliminate airplane turbulence?
September 01, 2007 |
By Eric Jaffe
The World After Oil
As the planet warms up, eco-friendly fuels can't get here fast enough
April 01, 2007 |
By Eric Jaffe
Rickshaws Reinvented
The ancient transportation takes a modern turn
March 01, 2007 |
By Dina Modianot-Fox
A Brief History of the Orient Express
Spies used it as a secret weapon. A president tumbled from it. Hitler wanted it destroyed. Just what made this train so intriguing?
March 01, 2007 |
By David Zax
Pay Dirt
When self-taught archaeologists dug up an 1850s steamboat, they brought to light a slice of American life
December 2006 |
By Fergus M. Bordewich
R.I.P., Mighty O
A fabled aircraft carrier sunk deliberately off the coast of Florida is the world's largest artificial reef
November 2006 |
By Geoffrey Norman
