Tagged: science

Brain-Eating Amoeba Found at Three Very Popular National Parks—What Travelers Should Know

A new scientific study threatens to cast a pall over the summer cannonball season. Researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey and other organizations have detected Naegleria fowleri,…

Study Finds the Germiest Thing You Travel With—and It's Seven Times Dirtier Than Your Shoes

The dirtiest travel item was recently determined by a set of microbial tests conducted by experts—and it wasn't even close. Worse, the germiest object is something you definitely must…

Need a Motion Sickness Cure? Scientists Say This Type of Music Can Help

You've probably heard that music has charms to soothe a savage breast. But did you know it has charms to soothe an upset stomach?A 2025 scientific study published in the journal…

'Encounters in the Milky Way,' the Mind-Blowing Museum Show About Our Cosmic Ecosystem

On April 25, 2018, a contemporary Big Bang occurred in the world of astrophysics. On that day, the European Space Agency (ESA) released a three-dimensional map of the Milky Way that…

What Is the Best Lip Balm for Travel? We Asked Two Skin Care Experts

What’s the most important item to carry with you when you travel? That question was recently posed to the more than 1.5 million members of the private Facebook group Girls LOVE Travel…

Flying with a Nut Allergy? You Might Be Freaking Out About the Wrong Thing

A team of scientists from the U.K. has released a new study debunking a widespread belief about how nut allergies work on airplanes. The common perception is that air travelers with…

You’re Not Going to Like What Drinking Alcohol on Flights Does to Your Body, Per New Research

For the many travelers out there whose strategy for getting through long-haul flights is a one-two punch of boozing and snoozing, some German scientists have some bad news. A new…

Why You Definitely Shouldn't Eat Pretzels on an Airplane

We know it's hard to imagine an airline doing anything that would cause passengers to experience physical discomfort in the skies, but trust us on this: Those free pretzels offered by…

The Icky Truth About That Chlorine Smell in Swimming Pools

Chlorinated water is one of the most evocative scents in travel, recalling cannonballs into hotel pools and the echoing confines of balmy indoor water parks.But here's the thing:…

Berlin’s Huge New Cultural Museum Finally Opens After Years of Controversy and Delay

Berlin's Humboldt Forum, a massive museum complex located along the Spree river in the city's center, finally opened to the public this week. Construction delays and the Covid-19…

This Shark’ll Sparkle! Deep-Sea Predator Bioluminescence Discovered

Scientists have discovered further proof that Mother Nature was on hallucinogens when she came up with the underwater world: Three different kinds of glow-in-the-dark sharks have been…

Rare Pink Dolphins Return to the Waters Around Hong Kong

Style mavens have declared "sorbet pink" one of the fashionable colors for fall 2020. We're happy to report that the waters around Hong Kong are very much on-trend. Rare pink…

Immunity Passports for Travelers: Quick Solution or False Hope?

Every day, it seems, we’re learning more and more about Covid-19. Over the last few weeks—and they feel like years, don’t they?—we’ve learned that loss of taste and smell might be…

See this Supercomputer Hidden Inside a Barcelona Church

One of the world’s most powerful computers, Barcelona Supercomputing Center’s MareNostrum 4 has been programmed to do everything from predict hurricanes to analyze cancer therapies to…

Study: Booze Boosts Foreign Language Skills

Alcohol improves your ability to speak a foreign language, according to a new study in the Journal of Psychopharmacology. Researchers from the University of Liverpool, Maastricht…

Study: Oxygen Could Be Key to Curing Jet Lag

A cure for jet lag is of course the holy grail of travel-related science research. Could the answer be oxygen deprivation?That's what a new study published in the journal Cell…

The Pope's Summer Palace Opens for Tours, Science Takes on Jet Lag, and More: Today's Travel Briefing

Good morning, everybody! Here's the latest from the world's airplanes, resorts, and palaces. * STUDY: OXYGEN COULD BE KEY TO CURING JET LAG (Los Angeles Times)A cure for jet lag is of…

Senators Demand Answers from the Airlines, Chimps Prove Travel Makes You Smarter, and More: Our Daily Travel Briefing

SENATORS DEMAND ANSWERS FROM DELTA, SOUTHWEST (Dallas Morning News)In the past month alone, service on two major U.S. airlines ground to a halt because of computer glitches. Now, some…

Before You Travel: 4 Crazy Rules You Need to Know

A recent "World for $1" promotion by LastMinuteTravel.com promised a room "in any of our 15,000 hotels" for $1 a night. The only catch? You had to book them during a specified…

What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's Caribbean

Anguilla The swanky Cap Juluca, Maundays Bay (tel. 888/858-5822; www.capjuluca.com), is already one of the most posh properties in the Caribbean, attracting movie stars and the like.…