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New York has enacted a ground-breaking “Passenger Bill of Rights,” a law that requires airlines to provide food, water, clean toilets and fresh air to airplane passengers stuck on the ground for more than three hours. Sounds like basic human rights, doesn’t it? James Wysong weighs in with some further suggestions.

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Dylan Lauren is known as the daughter of famous designer Ralph Lauren, but she’s also a celebrity entrepreneur in her own right as the owner of the growing, increasingly popular Dylan’s Candy Bar franchise, which has six U.S. locations, including the flagship shop in New York City. As a seeker of all things sweet, Lauren has traveled all around the world. We caught up with her just in time for Valentine’s Day to talk about candy and travel and how the two mix.

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Red Sea, The underwater world [ See Red Sea on the map ]

The Red Sea is a rich and diverse ecosystem. More than 1100 species of fish have been recorded in the Red Sea, and around 10% of these are found nowhere else. This also includes around 75 species of deepwater fish. The rich diversity is in part due to the 2,000 km (1,240 mi) of coral reef extending along its coastline; these fringing reefs are 5000-7000 years old and are largely formed of stony acropora and porites corals. The reefs form platforms and sometimes lagoons along the coast and occasional other features such as cylinders (such as the blue hole at Dahab). These coastal reefs are also visited by pelagic species of red sea fish, including some of the 44 species of shark.

Click to view the best pictures from 10 years of the ‘Nature’s Best Photography’ magazine awards. Check back for future ‘Nature’s Best’ slideshows, including photos by children.

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