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Banning in-flight peanuts unnecessary

Those little bags of peanuts, especially the honey-roasted ones, that airlines consider a “snack” are a guilty pleasure for many...

New travel malady: the San Francisco Syndrome

Travel hazards abound, from Montezuma's revenge to middle seat madness on a long coach flight. But did you know that there are at least three...

Bridges near Costa Rican tourist spots collapse

It’s been a bad week or two for bridges in Costa Rica Last Friday, a bridge over the Río Rincón in Puerto Jiménez, on...

Surviving urban China: an expat's story

As an American expat in China, James Fallow wondered “how much long-term damage foreigners do themselves” by living in “smoky,...

Stem cell tourism hits Costa Rica

Alex Leff reports in the Global Post that Americans are coming to Costa Rica for stem cell treatments, which in the U.S. are often prohibitively...

San Francisco sirens sound at 10:15 am today for statewide earthquake drill

At 10:15 am today, San Francisco will sound all 93 of its emergency sirens. Don’t be alarmed--the city-wide wailing is only meant to...

Loma Prieta Quake's 20-year anniversary: street parties and a million-man duck & cover

This week, San Francisco commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake, with a mass “duck, cover and hold on” event...

What if air travel worked like health care?

Jonathan Rauch recently published a hilarious fictional dialogue in the National Journal that imagines what the travel industry would be like if it...

SFO carbon offset kiosks first in U.S., but what ARE carbon offsets?

Are carbon offsets like a fat man paying a skinny man to lose weight for him? Not if you ask Gavin Newson, mayor of San Francisco, who helped bring...