Tag: Air travel
Why do airlines charge so much for checked bags? This obscure...
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
Five out of the six biggest U.S. airlines have raised their checked bag...
Why did Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 have a sealed-off emergency exit...
Amy Fraher, Yale University
The aviation industry is still in shock from a near disaster on Jan. 5, 2024,...
The sky’s the limit: A brief history of in-flight entertainment
Olusola Adewumi John, University of Regina https://narrations.ad-auris.com/widget/the-conversation-canada/the-skys-the-limit-a-brief-history-of-in-flight-entertainment
As the winter holidays draw near, many of us are already booking...
Airlines are frustrating travelers by changing frequent flyer program rules –...
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University and H. Sami Karaca, Boston University
As the U.S. holiday travel season picks up,...
Machines can’t always take the heat − two engineers explain the...
Srinivas Garimella, Georgia Institute of Technology and Matthew T. Hughes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Not only people need...
Peanut butter is a liquid – the physics of this and...
Ted Heindel, Iowa State University
Those Transportation Security Administration requirements are drilled into every frequent flyer’s head: You can...
What’s the carbon footprint of March Madness?
Brian P. McCullough, Texas A&M University
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March Madness means 68 teams vying to...
The future of flight in a net-zero-carbon world: 9 scenarios, lots...
Candelaria Bergero, University of California, Irvine and Steve Davis, University of California, Irvine
Several major airlines have pledged to...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
