Year-end holiday travelers to top 100 million

Some 5.2 million Floridians will be among the 100.5 million Americans expected to travel 50 miles or more from home for the year-end holidays, travel club AAA predicted Tuesday. That's an increase of 1.9 percent Floridians and 1.4 percent Americans compared to the 2014 holiday. More at Florida Trend and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

2016 hurricane season, 97% chance of named storm hitting U.S.

Colorado State University’s Department of Atmospheric Science stopped doing quantitative December hurricane forecasts for pending storm seasons in 2012. But researchers are still issuing a more qualitative discussion of the factors that will influence the 2016 hurricane season. More from the Palm Beach Post and Patch.

Fewer women in the U.S. are going to work — and that’s good for gender equality

Fewer women in the U.S. are going to work and it could actually be a step toward gender equality. The key question is what women have been doing instead of working. And as it turns out, a lot of them have been heading for the classroom.[Source: Quartz]

Why we’re going back to the Moon — with or without NASA

Since the end of NASA's lunar program, a number of US companies have started drawing business plans to unlock the Moon’s water ice for everything from powering spacecraft with liquid hydrogen and oxygen to accessing a wealth of rare metals or building a space-based solar power network. [Source: Ars Technica]

Balancing Act: Doctors at particular risk of burnout

In 2015, more people applied for and enrolled in medical schools than in the previous five years, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Educators call the trend "good news" in the face of a national doctor shortage. But at the same time, the rate of physician burnout shot up in almost every specialty. [Source: Miami Herald]

ALSO AROUND FLORIDA:

› Miami, Florida rank high for minority-owned businesses [Miami Herald]
Miami had the second-highest proportion of Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States and Florida had the third highest number of minority-owned businesses, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2012 Survey of Business Owners.

› Miami International Airport: America's Gateway to the World [Sponsored]
For generations, Miami International Airport has been known as the “Gateway to the Americas.” Now, for passengers and cargo alike, MIA increasingly is becoming America’s “Gateway to the World.”

› Summer upswing continues into the holidays, Naples retailers say [Naples Daily News]
More people are out shopping. More people are out buying. Stores are taking the opportunity to promote sales as people gear up for holiday shopping.

› Brevard approves permit system for ecotour companies [Florida Today]
Brevard County commissioners unanimously approved a new permit system for ecotour operators. Kayak, canoe and stand-up paddleboard tours operating out of county parks would have to purchase permits from the county.

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› Full Sail launches tech-based laboratory [Orlando Sentinel]
Full Sail University will offer tech-based curriculum to area students after the school unveiled a 4,800-square-foot educational space devoted to technology.

› New leaders to oversee renovations at Lauderdale Marine Center [South Florida Sun-Sentinel]
New top executives have been named to oversee renovations at Lauderdale Marine Center, the sprawling boatyard and marina purchased this summer by financial heavyweight The Carlyle Group.

› Starter Space chooses Innovation Square as new location for its collaborative office space [Gainesville Business Report]
Starter Space, an organization that provides collaborative work space for Gainesville’s innovators, artists, and early-stage entrepreneurs, will be the newest constituent of the growing Innovation Square area between University of Florida campus and downtown Gainesville.

› Crowdfunding for startups: When to start? [Miami Herald]
With over $16 billion raised globally in the crowdfunding industry last year, it’s easy to understand why entrepreneurs and startups are increasingly turning to this practice as an attractive alternative to conventional mediums for financing the launch of new products and ventures.