Boston's Pioneer Science Museum
PHeymont shares a visit to one of the places where the modern science museum was invented.
Technology
New moves toward cleaner flying
Electric planes set for short-hop Scotland route, and Boeing promises planes that can burn renewable fuels.
Delta moving toward free Wi-Fi?
Delta is changing Wi-Fi vendors to get faster, cheaper service—and may be ready to drop fees to use it.
Dutch museum goes full gigapixel
Mauritshuis in Den Haag becomes the first museum to have gigapixel images of its entire collection online.
Corning Museum: Glass of the Ages
At the Corning Museum of Glass, PHeymont enjoyed learning about the early history of glass.
Corning Museum: The World Through Glass
A museum of, for and about glass covers a wide range of time and purpose in a stunningly beautiful setting.
Hydrogen: Jet fuel of the future?
Airbus has three concepts for hydrogen-burning planes, while a smaller company has put a fuel-cell-powered plane into flight testing.
Flying V has a successful model flight
A radical new aircraft design gets a first flight test at model size.
Gogo is go-gone from commercial jets
The inflight Wi-Fi cashes out part of its business to concentrate on business aviation.
TSA tries touch-free security checks
New technology has a machine, instead of an agent, determine whether you are a good match for your ID photo.
Technology 'restores' destroyed temple
Cutting-edge technology has made it possible to virtually visit a lost treasure of the ancient world.
Vending machines: Future of airline food?
Two companies in the airline interior business are pushing the idea of automating airplane food choices with vending machines in the air
GoGo WiFi goes further (and lower)
WiFi on regional jets is getting a boost from a change in its air-to-ground technology.
Segway shuts shop with no segue
Segway's Chinese parent company is discontinuing production as sales fall and small electric scooters fill its niche.
Now Google maps pandemic alerts
Google's updated Maps app is rolling out in countries around the world.