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Here at Lonely Planet, we declared it Science Week.

Why? Well, it was a great week for science in general – and science in travel, in particular.

The week kicked off with a story straight from science fiction, when it was postulated that a time-travelling bird might have sabotaged Switzerland’s Large Hadron Collider.

Sabotaged by future birds? Photo by sbisson

On theme, as always, was our US Travel Editor Robert Reid, who interviewed the (technical) inventor of ‘augmented reality’ and came up with the Top 3 Augmented Reality Achievements.

How is this highway augmented reality? Click to find out.

Halfway around the globe, consummate innovator Matthew Cashmore ran a series of Hack Days to fashion the pointy end of travel technology. Lonely Planet is already on the iPhone, and we’ve just released a new product line on the Android platform. Surely jet packs can’t be far away.

Champing at the bit to flash his nerd credentials (in a lovable way) was Community Liaison Andy Murdock, who put together an intriguing list of ways to travel like a geek.

Giant sloth skeleton, London. Photo by Juan N Only

And not to be outdone, Robert had the last word – in, of all places, Las Vegas. In the latest episode of the 76-Second Travel Show, Robert demonstrated how Sin City is actually ScIeNce City.

Any major science-travel happenings we missed? Let us know.

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