You may reach the internet via newfangled wireless connection most of the time, but all those ones and zeros cross the oceans the same way old-fashioned telephone connections did: by undersea cables.The map masters at TeleGeographyhave charted the course the internet takes to cross the seas in...
In 2000 and 2005, demonstrators took to the streets in Bolivia to protest the privatization of the water supply. When foreign companies took over Bolivia's water system, the cost of water became too expensive for the poor. In the city of El Alto, "the cost of getting a water and sewage...
So, I suggest you ensure you have it on your phone before you arrive at the airport. Offline maps are our saving grace for navigating a new country when we know we may not be connected to the internet. They’re a fantastic tool, great for walking around a city or for turn-by-turn ...
Sports provide a great way to understand some concepts(概念) in physics.Physics,after all is the study of matter,motion(运动),force,and energy.And since sports liken soccer,swimming and cycling involve bodies moving through space,they can help us understand how the principles of physics work. ...
Before heading out on your travels, ensure your bank knows of your travel plans — especially if you’ll be traveling abroad. That way, it will know not to decline transactions that seem suspicious. These days, many banks no longer ask travelers to directly inform them. Instead, banks know...
Travel has been a considerable part of my life and I have different kinds of journeys to many parts of the world. Often in my travels, I was alone, traveling under difficult conditions in wartime, and I have flown over the oceans many times when I wanted to get qu...
Through his observation that comet tails were blown around by some kind of solar breeze, he believed sails could capture that wind to propel spacecraft the way winds moved ships on the oceans. While Kepler's idea of a solar wind has been disproven, scientists have since discovered that ...
We found some lovely places to stay in Bocas del Toro (including the boutique and very beachy-chic Island Plantation Resort), even though there wasn’t much information about them on the Internet.Sometimes it’s worth looking for locally-owned places to stay once you arrive at your ...
“It's just super fun. You get six or five hits down the halfpipe and you get to make it as creative as you want. You can do whatever you want. And it's just the stuff I want to do in surfing. I want to do a 10-foot air.” Born in New York City, Avallone travels north ...
Many musical styles don’t travel well. You don’t hear soca on British pop radio; bhangra never broke big in the US. Even fairly mainstream genres of music fail to translate across the oceans: British indie remains only a cult attraction in the States, and, despite decades of publicity,...