On April 14, 2025, Blue Origin[1] launched six women – Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyễn, Gayle King, Katy Perry, Kerianne Flynn and Lauren Sánchez – on a suborbital journey to the edge of space.
The headlines called it a historic moment[2] for women in space[3]. But as a tourism educator, I paused – not because I questioned their...
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Reports that prominent American national security officials used[1] a freely available encrypted messaging app, coupled with the rise of authoritarian policies around the world, have led to a surge in interest in encrypted apps[2] like Signal and WhatsApp. These apps prevent anyone, including the government and the app companies themselves, from...
Wet and shivering, I rose from the outrigger of a Polynesian voyaging canoe. We’d been at sea all afternoon and most of the night. I’d hoped to get a little rest, but rain, wind and an absence of flat space made sleep impossible. My companions didn’t even try.
It was May 1972, and I was three months into doctoral research on one...