There's nothing as simultaneously reassuring and infuriating as modern airport security. Anyone who's done even a little traveling knows the feeling of arriving at the airport only to be greeted by a ...

Gone are the days when friends and family could walk you to your gate and you could board an airplane without a detailed airport security check. (For you youngsters, yes, that actually happened once ...

If you're pregnant and worried about the safety of those full-body scanners at the airport, you can rest easy. These scanners, which first emerged in US airports after the attempted terrorist attack ...

Sweat stains on clothing can trigger alarms on airport body scanners. The scanners use millimeter wave technology that can detect water and sweat, leading to false alarms. Travelers experiencing a ...

Early airport body scanners were far more revealing than most travellers realised. In the early 2010s, Rapiscan X-ray machines produced highly detailed, near-nude images that sparked outrage and were ...

Security-checkpoint scanners could flag you for something you can't pack—or even prevent Getting through airport security is just a bit easier (and hopefully somewhat faster) now that the rule about ...

Travelers enduring scorching temperatures across the U.S. and Europe – or who tend to perspire profusely – may find their sweat stains triggering body scanner alarms at airport security. In a recent ...