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Lest you think air travel couldn’t possibly get more miserable, climate change is here to prove you wrong. Just as extreme heat makes people sluggish and unproductive at best, and threatens human life...

Lest you think air travel couldn’t possibly get more miserable, climate change is here to prove you wrong. Just as extreme heat makes people sluggish and unproductive at best, and threatens human life at worst, it also makes flying airplanes much more difficult. Hot air is less dense than cold air, its molecules zipping around […]

In the days after the deadly June shooting spree in Charleston, S.C., in which nine members of that city’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church died, Gov. Bobby Jindal attacked President Barack Obama’s calls for stricter gun control laws as “completely shameful.” Instead of doing something about the proliferation of guns and gun violence, Jindal offered only prayer…

Booking a flight with a layover in the city that’s the real destination for the traveler can net big bargains, but airlines prohibit the practice.

Robert Mann, holder of the Manship Chair in Mass Communication at Louisiana State Universitys Manship School of Mass Communication, will discuss his new book, "Kingfish U: Huey Long and LSU,"

Lest you think air travel couldn’t possibly get more miserable, climate change is here to prove you wrong. Just as extreme heat makes people sluggish and unproductive at best, and

Hot air is less dense than cold, meaning planes have less lift when the mercury rises. That makes it harder for them to take off and stay aloft.

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Extreme heat also makes flying airplanes much more difficult.

People flying between European cities like Helsinki and London and Asian destinations like Seoul and Tokyo will spend extra time in the air.