Travel – Page 139

IOC makes extraordinary Peng Shaui confession

Peng Shaui's plight has sparked global concern

This December is the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union – how does an empire collapse?

“Who could have imagined that it would simply collapse?” Itâ€™s been 30 years since the Soviet Union dissolved in the wake of a bungled reform effort by Mikhail Gorbachev - hereâ€™s what went wrong.

Travel Trouble

Australian forests will store less carbon as climate change worsens and severe fires become more common

Climate change threatens the crucial storage of carbon in Aussie forests. Victoriaâ€™s national parks alone store almost 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.

Travel Tips

6 things to avoid doing at the airport

Airport golden rules

Travel Trouble

2,000-year-old mosaic rediscovered as artsy coffee table

The mosaic has been returned to be displayed in a museum.

Travel Trouble

New theory in disappearance of flight MH370

New tracking technology may help solve the mystery of MH370.

Domestic Travel

Why dingoes should be considered native to mainland Australia – even though humans introduced them

Dingoes have evolved under Australian conditions. Thatâ€™s just one step in the path the iconic dog has taken to become native.

International Travel

Private space stations are coming. Will they be better than their predecessors?

NASA is backing four commercial space station projects. The newcomers may find they have much to learn about how people really live in space.

Domestic Travel

Making the tobacco industry pay for cigarette litter could stop 4.5 billion butts polluting the Australian environment

In Australia alone, itâ€™s estimated up to 8.9 billion butts are littered each year. A new report finds a mandatory product stewardship scheme can cut this by around half.