Sasha Wren articles

frequent flyer woman at airport

The Travel Perks Airlines No Longer Honor—Even If You’re Loyal

Discover which airline loyalty perks have disappeared, even for elite flyers, from upgrades to lounge access, and learn how changing airline policies affect frequent travelers today worldwide flights programs trends.
February 11, 2026 Sasha Wren

Researchers in the Everglades use technology to help hunters remove invasive Burmese pythons.

New scientific methods make it easier for hunters to remove invasive Burmese pythons from the Florida Everglades.
February 4, 2026 Sasha Wren

America’s greatest highway, Route 66 will be 100 years old in 2026.

Route 66 was the main route west for almost 60 years, and many sections of the famous highway can still be driven today.
January 21, 2026 Sasha Wren

Archaeologists in Syria resumed the hunt for clues to a Bronze Age city’s downfall at the hands of mysterious invaders.

Archaeological research has resumed in one of Syria's most important Bronze Age sites.
January 6, 2026 Sasha Wren

Archaeologists at a site in Turkey discovered an eerie 12,000-year-old statue of a human head that raises new questions about ancient ritual practice.

A new discovery in Turkey opens the possibility that human societies developed complex ritual practices far earlier than we ever previously thought.
December 31, 2025 Sasha Wren

Prehistoric handprints in European caves show missing fingertips, and the reason for it is absolutely disturbing.

For years, archaeologists have wondered why sections of fingers are missing from prehistoric painted hand stencils in European caves. A new theory offers one disturbing explanation.
December 26, 2025 Sasha Wren

Archaeologists in Turkey discovered a 2,200-year-old sundial that shows how the ancient Greeks marked the passage of the seasons.

Archaeologists in Turkey discovered an ancient sundial at the site of Aigai, an ancient Greek city in Aeolis.
December 22, 2025 Sasha Wren

Simon Rodia And The Watts Towers

Simon Rodia was an Italian immigrant in Los Angeles who used hand tools and salvaged materials to build a monument unlike anything the city had ever seen: the Watts Towers.
December 5, 2025 Sasha Wren

Researchers analyzed Viking Age DNA that revealed the presence of an ancient gene resistant to the HIV virus.

Researchers studying ancient DNA have revealed new information about disease-resistant genes and the migration patterns of peoples from thousands of years ago.
November 26, 2025 Sasha Wren