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...alone. As more and more people migrate to cities, they create additional opportunities for the mosquito to spread the virus. The problem is particularly acute in developing countries, where inadequate utilities mean residents must store water in jars and tanks - prime breeding grounds for the Aedes aegypti. Increasing air travel is also a factor as infected fliers spread the disease quickly worldwide. "It's simplistic to suggest that the increasing outbreak is solely caused by climate change," says Simon Hales, a senior research fellow at New Zealand's University of Otago. "But those who would suggest that it has nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vagabond Virus | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

...when jet travel still had about it a faint whiff of glamour, a new European airplane maker decided to call itself Airbus. The name showed remarkable foresight, for four decades later, that is what commercial air travel has become:long-distance journeys via public transport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making Holiday Travel a Little Less Horrid | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

...White House recently announced its plan to make commercial air travel more tolerable over the holidays. It will open unused military airspace in an effort to decrease delays and ensure that Santa isn't stuck circling O'Hare come Christmas Eve, in what President George W. Bush called travelers' "season of dread...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making Holiday Travel a Little Less Horrid | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

...have my own modest proposals to return air travel to its original upright position. Unlike a snack box or headphones or curbside check-in, they won't cost a dime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making Holiday Travel a Little Less Horrid | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

...person seated in front of me: I am neither a barber nor a dental hygienist, so kindly remove your seat from my lap. My preferred countermove--training my air vent to blow directly onto your head, often agitating a brief flurry of dandruff--doesn't always work as a deterrent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making Holiday Travel a Little Less Horrid | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

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