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Travel 2025: ‘Friend-Finding Tours,’ Private Islands and a Mixed Bag of Prices

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For those hoping to avoid soaring temperatures, openings in cooler climates also offer seclusion. According to Embark Beyond, when safari lodges in Botswana last year started charging $8,000 a night, the agencys bookings in the African country fell 35 percent. Now, they want to justify the expense.

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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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Richards-Kortum returned to Texas with a new mission: designing medical equipment for clinics in underserved communities that could withstand harsh climate conditions and be easily repaired. Connected on one side is a flexible fiber bundle, just 1 mm in diameter, with a light source and a digital CCD camera inside.

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