With a surge in high-speed global data networks and sales, be on the lookout for an explosion of travel-related applications for your mobile phone. My top five favorite apps are as follows: 1) Flight Sites: This app organizes web pages to make it easier for travelers to check-in, confirm flight status, access frequent flier information and even book flights.
Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil Sees Shadow--And Long Winter for 2010
On Groundhog Day 2010, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow—and six more weeks of winter, according to tradition. Get surprising facts behind the wacky weather prediction.
Although NASA will get a budget increase for 2011, plans to return humans to the moon by 2020 would be officially scrapped, because the program is "over budget, behind schedule, and lacking in innovation," according to the White House.
Birds Got Too Fat to Fly After Dinosaurs Vanished?
The ancestors of ostriches and other flightless birds once flew, a new study says. They apparently grounded themselves in earnest, though, after dinosaurs were wiped out.