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If you’re flying during the holiday season, this is something you should know. And it doesn’t just apply to tourists: As more women travel for business, these differences are being noticed by both airlines and hotels. While men still outnumber women frequent fliers, it’s getting close to half and half.

Men complain that women pack too much. She likes to check her bag, while he likes to carry his on. While bags are x-rayed (and sometimes searched), whether they are checked or not, women might like the idea that in a checked bag, no TSA agent is likely to confiscate her expensive cosmetic carryons.
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These days, flying to another city or country involves a lot of waiting in line. First we wait in the TSA line, then–at the end of the trip–we wait in line to get our luggage. When Houston airport started getting complaints from customers about having to wait for their checked baggage to arrive, they increased the number of baggage handlers, but that didn’t help.
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The Department of Homeland Security will soon be using a laser at airports that can detect everything about you from over 160 feet away. It can actually read you on a molecular level (in case you’re hiding something in your genes?)

It will be able to read your adrenaline levels (measuring your level of tension and excitement), as well as find traces of drugs and gun powder your clothes, all without a physical search.

The scanner is called the Picosecond Programmable Laser (PPL), and works by blasting its target with lasers which vibrate molecules that are then read by the machine.
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