Earth
"Anyone who thinks there isn�t a change in weather patterns is denying reality," says Andrew Cuomo, governor of New York state, which bore the brunt of the superstorm. Many climate scientists would agree with Cuomo when it comes to identifying the caus...

Exploring Mars
THE flying-saucer-shaped probe hurtles through space, firing thrusters and flinging off weights to point its heat shield forwards for the scorching trip through Mars’s atmosphere. Once it has slowed, the heat shield drops away and, 10 kilometres abov...

Nanotechnology
Imagine a world where microscopic medical implants patrol our arteries, diagnosing ailments and fighting disease; where military battle-suits deflect explosions; where computer chips are no bigger than specks of dust; and where clouds of miniature space p...

Solar System
A planet is a astronomical object orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals.The term planet is ...

Aviation
Just over 100 years after the Wright brothers first flew into history, the burgeoning aviation industry is suffering growing pains. In 2003, 1.7 billion passengers criss-crossed the skies. If current trends continue, that number will rise to a staggering ...

Mona Lisa
Does the Mona Lisa have an older sister who looks younger? the owners of a portrait known as the Isleworth Mona Lisa will claim that Leonardo da Vinci painted their version a decade before the iconic masterpiece that hangs in the Louvre. The portrait k...

Drug Tourism
Drug tourism is travel for the purpose of obtaining or using drugs for personal use that are unavailable or illegal in one’s home jurisdiction. Drug tourism can be also defined as the phenomenon by which one’s travel experience involves the cons...

Extreme Tourism
Extreme tourism (also often referred to as shock tourism, although both concepts do not appear strictly similar) is a niche in the tourism industry involving travel to dangerous places (mountains, jungles, deserts, caves, canyons, etc.) or participation i...

Garden Tourism
Garden tourism is a type of niche tourism involving visits or travel to botanical gardens and places which are significant in the history of gardening. Garden tourists often travel individually in countries with which they are familiar but often prefer to...

Ghetto Tourism
Ghetto tourism was first studied in 2005 by Michael Stephens in the cultural-criticism journal, PopMatters. Ghetto tourism includes all forms of entertainment � "gangsta rap," video games, movies, TV, and other forms that allow consumers to traffic in the...