Late last year, Uber launched service in Las Vegas, and as of December you can even get picked up at the airport, avoiding the sometimes hours-long wait for taxicabs. But like most things in Vegas, Uber isn’t quite what you’re…

Jihad Al-Mohammed in his home in Saida. When he moved in, the centuries-old building was abandoned, but it used to be a Jewish synagogue. Credit: Rebecca CollardThe Lebanese civil war had just come to end. The Palestinian refugees who had…

THE ONLY AREA CODE in the state of South Dakota is 605, which makes June 5th (6/05) the perfect day to celebrate The Mount Rushmore State. And, while there may only be a single area code, there are a whole…

After a 20-hour flight that takes you across 10 time zones, the last thing you want to talk about is science. But science may be the very thing that saves you from impending jet lag.While scientists have long known that…

1. Ask for a local’s discount when you’re not a local.This is the best way to piss one of us off. No, the fact that you pay property taxes on your second home to Mono County doesn’t qualify you as…

EARLIER THIS YEAR, journalist Katherine Whittaker visited the Greek island of Lesbos, a place that’s been inundated with refugees fleeing Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.I asked her to share more about her story with The World. It’s January, 2016. In…

Yesterday Qatar Airways flew its inaugural flight to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL) on the airline’s A380 without incident — until it couldn’t find a gate big enough to accommodate it. Out of the more than 200 gates at ATL…

When United invited us to an event at Gotham Hall in New York City, we knew a big reveal was in store. After all, since CEO Oscar Munoz has taken charge, we’ve heard quite a bit about changes in the…