How Hostels Have Turned Backpackers Into “Brokepackers”
The gentrification of formerly affordable accommodations has meant big changes in the world of low-budget travel.
How Hostels Have Turned Backpackers Into “Brokepackers”
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Rice Reveals African Slaves’ Agricultural Heritage
Did slaves contribute more than solely their labor to the success of rice plantations in the New World? In pursuit of the answer, one researcher is extracting little bits of memoir trapped inside rice grains.
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How Tourism Reinvented Jesus’ Baptism Site
Pilgrims and tourists are flocking to a baptismal site in the Holy Land in search of religious experience—and souvenirs.
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European Brides in the Islamic State
Women who have moved from Europe to Islamic State territory are often portrayed as either victims or terrorists. The reality is more complicated.
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Can an iPhone App Help Save an Endangered Language?
As the world’s Indigenous languages fade away at an alarming rate, some people are turning to technology to preserve their ancestors’ native tongues—and the cultural knowledge held in them.
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On Instagram, a Journey From Bear to Bile
Instagram user accounts reveal how bears are honored as part of nature—or turned into cold hard cash.