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Airlines’ fuel spending up 84 percent in past year

U.S. airlines paid billions of dollars more for jet fuel in May, in the second consecutive month that fuel costs exceeded $6 billion, according to government data released Tuesday. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics found that airlines spent $6.6 billion on jet fuel in

How cells keep genomic hitchhikers under control

Much of the genome is made up of repetitive DNA sequences that trace back to ancient mobile elements, many of which have lost their ability to copy themselves into new locations but can still cause problems if they become active again at the wrong time. Now, two studies

Heather The Jerk – “Write A Letter”

Heather Sawyer has been in Madison punk bands like the Hussy, Proud Parents, and Boo/Hiss, and she makes her own spiky, gnarly, catchy DIY tracks as Heather The Jerk. Just a few months ago, she impressed us mightily with the cassette album Scroll If You Love Devil , which our

Schumer: Trump’s Iran deal is 'total, utter disaster'

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) issued a statement Wednesday blasting President Trump’s peace deal with Iran as a “total, utter disaster.” He issued the scathing statement after Trump said the memorandum of understanding (MOU) to end hostilities with Iran and

Jack White, The Rolling Stones, And That Old Time Rock And Roll

The White Stripes blew up fast. I was a high school senior in 2002, when V2 Records brought the prior year’s White Blood Cells to the MTV2 viewers of America. I remember immersing myself in the album on a portable CD player in the backseat of my parents’ sedan on my way from