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Higher Jet Fuel Prices Could Melt Your Summer Travel Plans

Higher Jet Fuel Prices Could Melt Your Summer Travel Plans

Published by skeptic

The price of jet fuel has doubled since the Iran war began two weeks ago, as disruptions in vital shipping lanes limit the global trade of crude and refined oil. The airlines that run on it are racing to keep up. Jet fuel alone accounts for somewhere between 25 and 35 percent of airlines’ costs. The next stop is higher ticket prices. It’s already happening, to some degree. Several airlines, including Air Asia and Hong Kong Airlines, have explicitly said they’re adding to their usual fuel surcharges. Domestic US ticket prices are up (though they were rising before the war, too.) “When [oil price] goes up this rapidly, airfares go up,” United Airlines Chief Executive Officer Scott Kirby told The Wall Street Journal this week. “They also come down, by the way, when fuel goes back down.” Because no one has a crystal ball, what this all means for travelers is up in the air. Travel and airline industry experts say it’ll take several more weeks of conflict and high fuel prices to really begin …

Sexiest displays of red carpet chivalry – and Jacob Elordi just made us melt

Sexiest displays of red carpet chivalry – and Jacob Elordi just made us melt

Published by Daniella Wilson

In case you missed the biggest headline from the Wuthering Heights premiere in London on Thursday evening, let me summarise: Jacob Elordi, 28, is the ultimate gentleman. The Aussie-born actor and arguably everybody’s favourite internet boyfriend right now,  sent the UK into a spin on Thursday evening after he affectionately protected his Wuthering Heights co-star and on-screen doomed lover, Margot Robbie, from the rain.  © WireImageJacob knew exactly what to do when the great British downpour errupted The timing of the classic British downpour at the premiere in Leicester Square was almost comedic, given that just hours before, the actress-cum-producer was gushing about one particular scene in the Emerald Fennell adaptation of the Brontë classic, where Jacob’s gentlemanly instincts shone through. Explaining how one of the “most romantic scenes” in the film was improvised by the Euphoria actor, Margot alongside co-star Alison Oliver, who plays Isabella Linton, told Access Hollywood: “The rain machine is on cause we were checking if the rain machine level was right. And I was going like that because the rain had started,” …

Northern Greenland ice dome melted before and could melt again

Northern Greenland ice dome melted before and could melt again

Published by skeptic

Researchers working at Prudhoe Dome in Greenland Caleb K. Walcott-George An ice dome in northern Greenland once melted completely at temperatures the region could experience again this century, a finding that will begin to paint a more accurate picture of how fast the melting Greenland ice sheet could raise global sea levels. Researchers drilled 500 metres down through the centre of Prudhoe Dome, a bulge of ice the size of Luxembourg in the north-western corner of Greenland, to collect a 7-metre core of sediment and bedrock. A dating technique using infrared light showed that sand at the surface of the core was bleached by the sun about 7000 years ago. That means the dome was completely melted at that time. Summers in the area then were 3°C to 5°C warmer than today, temperatures they could reach again by 2100 under human-made climate change. “This is very direct evidence that the ice sheet is as sensitive as we feared to even a relatively small amount of warming that happened in the Holocene,” says Yarrow Axford at …

Need to melt ice? Try high voltage metal

Need to melt ice? Try high voltage metal

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. As winter approaches, large swaths of the United States are eagerly awaiting their first big snowfalls of the season. As the snowflakes fall, many will dig out old, rusted sleds, toil over shaping the perfect snowball, and relish an evening brought back to life by a warm cup of hot cocoa. But then comes the ice. Picturesque snow days are often replaced by long hours spent hand-scraping frosted ice off car windshields, heat pumps, and other areas around the house. On an industrial level, businesses wheel out giant heaters and use chemicals to expedite the melting process, which can be both costly and energy-intensive. But researchers at Virginia Tech think they may have discovered a fundamentally different deicing method, one made possible by essentially tricking ice at its molecular level. The team calls their new melting technique electrostatic defrosting (EDF). It involves hovering an electrically charged copper plate over frost-covered surfaces. The negatively charged ions in the frost are attracted to …

Best tuna melt sandwiches in Los Angeles and Orange County

Best tuna melt sandwiches in Los Angeles and Orange County

Published by Sam Flores

The tuna melt combines two of America‘s most glorious diner sandwiches: the grilled cheese and the tuna salad. According to legend, its origins trace to a lunch counter at a Woolworth’s department store in Charleston, S.C. In 1960, a cook accidentally spilled some tuna salad on a grilled cheese sandwich, inadvertently discovering a beloved combination. Los Angeles is heaven for sandwich lovers. From longtime favorites to trendy newcomers, these are the best sandwiches to try right now. A traditional tuna melt features griddled bread, tuna salad, melted cheese and, more often than not, a side of bread-and-butter pickles. The tuna salad should be creamy and the cheese should be gooey, all pressed together between crispy, buttery slices of bread. There are countless variations on the tuna melt. Some versions call for Swiss cheese, while others add sharp cheddar. The sandwich can be served open-faced or closed, with rye bread, sourdough or, in some cases, an English muffin. In the last few years, the tinned fish that’s often used in tuna melts has experienced a sort …