Alan Huffman

My own experience with trains dates to long-ago childhood trips with my family in Mississippi to see my grandmother off at the…

— Alan Huffman

The ocean is the last frontier of human empirical knowledge; even the contours on that eighth-grader's globe are the product of a…

— Alan Huffman

Anyone who was alive during the outbreak of the bubonic plague in the 14th century experienced something terrifyingly close to the widespread…

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Life feels more vivid in a conflict zone. It is clear what matters, and who you can count on, for what.

— Alan Huffman

The slow pace of trains in the U.S. can be maddening, particularly during delays on rail sidings for an hour or more…

— Alan Huffman

Without effective human intervention, epidemics and pandemics typically end only when the virus or bacteria has infected every available host and all…

— Alan Huffman

Long-distance train conversations are unlike the perfunctory exchanges one normally associates with strangers, or the truncated, cut-to-the-chase kind that sometimes take place…

— Alan Huffman

Conflict photographers grapple with two worlds that are themselves often in conflict - the one where bombs fall and bullets fly, where…

— Alan Huffman

Left to their own devices, epidemic diseases tend to follow the same basic process: A virus or bacteria infects a host, who…

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When President Teddy Roosevelt posed for the cameras astride a massive steam shovel during construction of the Panama Canal in 1906, it…

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“Campaign ads are often nothing more than political taffy. The ingredients- the facts gathered by researchers such as Alan and me- are…

— Alan Huffman

Many Americans have a romanticized view of trains, rooted in a bygone era of elaborately adorned rail cars lit by flickering gas…

— Alan Huffman

Without an adequate response, an epidemic can develop into a pandemic, which generally means it has spread to more than one continent.

— Alan Huffman

Like so much in Singapore, admission to the Marina Bay's casino is hierarchical: Free for anyone with an international passport, costly for…

— Alan Huffman

The Singaporean government, which represents legal migrant workers in employment disputes and claims of exploitation, requires that they stay in the country…

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Historically, war journalists have embedded themselves with one side, which means the greatest threat comes from the clearly delineated enemy of that…

— Alan Huffman

Aside from its parks and nature areas, Singapore is intensively developed, and due to the shortage of land, is building up, down…

— Alan Huffman

Historically, maritime travelers had to pass around the entire mass of North and South America, including the bottom tip, the tempestuous Cape…

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“They were following me because I was ahead of them, which is no way to choose a leader. Following someone simply because…

— Alan Huffman

Most of the planet's terrestrial surfaces are visually accessible through video cameras and satellite imagery, if not physically within reach. Even the…

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In our quest to define and describe the world, we have crisscrossed the oceans and continents, compiling exhaustive knowledge about its life…

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Poor laborers from all parts of Asia as well as Africa, the Americas and even Europe are transported by plane each day…

— Alan Huffman

Architecture students are generally given theoretical projects, often located at distant locations, and told to come up with a design.

— Alan Huffman

Based on German prototypes, green walls and roofs are a natural idea in Singapore's tropical environment, where mosses, ferns, philodendrons, orchids and…

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Right up until the late 18th century, when the first weighted lines were used to probe the ocean depths, many people believed…

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