
Belo Monte Dam Holds Back 70% of Xingu Flow
The Belo Monte hydroelectric plant has now operated for a full decade in the Brazilian Amazon. Its environmental license comes up for renewal amid sharp disagre
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The Belo Monte hydroelectric plant has now operated for a full decade in the Brazilian Amazon. Its environmental license comes up for renewal amid sharp disagre
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Researchers have completed the most detailed count yet of cheetahs living outside protected zones in South Africa. The effort covered nearly 100,000 square kilo
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Most guests assume a room upgrade is a mix of luck and charm. That's partly true, but the words you pick at check-in matter more than people think. Front desk s
Read articleThere is a particular kind of vacation memory that lives rent free in a family photo album: a heart-shaped tub, a buffet line stretching past the horizon, a boa
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Travel has a way of revealing who someone really is, often within the first few hours of a trip. Small moments, the way a bag gets carried or a decision gets ma
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Most people come home from a trip with a shoebox of loose change, a few postcards, and maybe a matchbook stuffed in a jacket pocket. It all looks like clutter,
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Hotel employees are trained to keep their composure no matter what a guest throws at them, but that professional veneer often hides something more honest undern
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The lake house has been in the family for three decades. Everyone has a favorite dock story, a favorite summer, a favorite memory of grandpa flipping burgers on
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There was a stretch of postwar America when a vacation didn't need an app, a boarding pass, or a five-star rating to feel like an event. Families packed the sta
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Travel manners never stay still for long. What felt mandatory on a flight or a walking tour a decade ago can now seem almost quaint, like something out of an ol
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Anyone who has spent a vacation curled up in a hotel bathroom instead of exploring a new city knows how quickly traveler's stomach can hijack a trip. It is the
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Ask someone from Wisconsin, Minnesota, or the Dakotas about proper road trip eating, and you'll get an answer with the seriousness usually reserved for religion
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Many cardholders start with the Chase Sapphire Preferred because it delivers solid bonus categories, flexible points, and useful protections at a modest annual
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Family trips are supposed to live in memory as a blur of sunburns, snack breaks, and inside jokes. For some adults, though, looking back at those vacations brin
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Alaska stands out as a true bucket-list destination, where glaciers, wildlife, and vast wilderness draw travelers seeking an unforgettable escape. Yet even seas
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New York City hotel rates can climb sharply when major events overlap. During one such period, rates at many properties exceeded $1,000 a night. A traveler turn
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Plenty of travelers treat the boarding time on their pass like a starting gun. They figure that if they reach the gate just as the agent picks up the microphone
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Cabin crew see hundreds of passengers a month, and they pick up on patterns quickly. Most of what they point to has little to do with status, spending, or how m
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Picture a queue outside a tiny bakery in a foreign city. Half the people in line are staring at their phones, and a few are filming the pastry before it's even
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Most of us pack a carry-on the same way every time. We grab the roller that has "cabin size" printed on the tag, and we trust it. Then a gate agent points to a
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