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The Check-In: pre-vacation exercise tips, words of advice from travel experts, and more

Welcome to The Check-In, our weekend feature focusing on all things travel. One Strong Southern Girl Mickie Carter shares pre-vacation exercise tips While some vacations involve doing nothing but hanging out underneath an umbrella on the beach, others are go, go, go. Even if long hikes and walking tours aren’t on the agenda, the steps…

Family found walking on all fours ‘could be missing link between man and ape’

A Turkish family is appearing to be challenging long-held beliefs about human evolution. Certain members of the Ulas family walk on all fours, which had not been observed in fully-grown modern humans prior to their identification. This unusual behaviour was first documented in a scientific research report, and in 2006, a BBC documentary named “The…

How do vessels get lost at sea?

A submersible en route to the ruins of the shipwrecked RMS Titanic lost contact with its mother ship and was declared missing with five people aboard. After days of searching, all that was found was debris near the site of the Titanic believed to be the submersible. Following the finding, OceanGate Expeditions, the company responsible for the expedition, declared that…