(Getty Images) From getting better hotel rates to getting around cheaply and eating well when you get there, travel writers share with tips on how to save money while on vacation. Check out the list . (MORE: | ) ...

The military is already using unmanned aircraft, but commercial flights are gunning for the technology next. (Getty Images) Love being the first on the plane? Soon you could board long before the pilot. That's because he won't ever step foot inside the aircraft. He'll do his job from the ground. The military is already using unmanned aircraft, but commercial flights are gunning for the technology next. American aviation chiefs have asked the U.S. government to integrate pilotless aircraft into the...

"If we lose ice, we stand to lose an entire ecosystem." Those aren't the words of a NOAA researcher or a green evangelist. Those are the words of Paul Nicklen, a successful photographer whose stunning images of the Arctic and Antarctic have appeared in prime spots from National Geographic Magazine to the BBC. The poles are more than Nicklen's prime shooting location. He grew up in Canada's Arctic, with the outdoors as his playground. Like any human who sees his...

(Getty Images) SAN JOSE - When Canadian house cleaner Marlene Trithardt needed a tooth replaced, she drove past her local dentist's office in Alberta and flew to the beach paradise of Costa Rica - to save money. Trithardt is one of a growing number of North Americans who turn south for medical care lured by lower prices, contributing close to 0.8 percent of Costa Rica's gross domestic product. "I chose to come here because I find in Alberta the prices...

It's video that makes even non-aviation geeks take notice. California photography and film professor Cy Kuckenbaker spent the day after Thanksgiving filming every plane that landed at San Diego International Airport during a five hour period. He added some tricks in post-production, and then shortened the video to twenty-five seconds. "San Diego has an unusual flight path that brings the planes in low right over the center of the city," Kuckenbaker tells PetaPixel. He had recently moved into a neighborhood...

Is it any surprise that Las Vegas comes in on top? (Getty Images) Yahoo!'s annual tally of top destination searches is out and -- no surprise -- Las Vegas leads the pack. More surprising is that Chicago (at No. 2) topped London, New York and San Francisco. Another curiosity in the top 10: Dubai. The Top 10 Destination Searches 1. Las Vegas 2. Chicago 3. London 4. New York 5. Washington, D.C. 6. San Francisco 7. San Diego 8. Dubai...

The Sistine Chapel of Los Andes A boy walks in front of the altar on Dec. 8 in the Sistine Chapel of Los Andes in Curahuara de Carangas, Oruro department, 160 miles south of La Paz, Bolivia. (AP Photo/Juan Karita) ORURUO, Bolivia — The colonial-era house of worship known in Bolivia as the "Sistine Chapel of the Andes" was filled with flowers over the weekend for those celebrating two weddings and seven baptisms on the wind swept mountain plateau. Although...

(Getty Images) When Apple ditched Google maps on its iOS 6 software earlier this year, there was loathing amongst users. Now, police in one town have gone as far as calling Apple maps "potentially life-threatening." The app had dangerously misplaced the Australian town of Mildura 45 miles from its actual location. Apple maps wrongly led people looking for Mildura into "the dusty, sun-baked trails of Murray-Sunset National Park," according to the Guardian. Area police have dealt with four separate cases...

(Four Seasons Hotel George V Paris) What would you do with $40,000? How about $50,000? Or, $60,000? Would you spend it on a hotel room for one night? Celebrities, royalty, and business titans have no trouble dropping this kind of cash for a one-night stay at the world’s most exclusive, and expensive hotels. Like to have a chandelier in the bathroom? No problem. Need a butler to iron your blue jeans? Done. Need a bedside fridge for your caviar? Of...

London-bound passengers from New York's JFK and Newark could see see fares shoot up, now that the discount carrier Virgin Atlantic is going steady with Delta. (Getty Images) What does Delta Air Lines' 49 percent acquisition of Virgin Atlantic Airways, Ltd. mean to the consumer? Nothing good, I'm afraid. It further concentrates pricing coordination among the few airlines that fly from the United States to London Heathrow. Although the alliance is put forth as offering super customer benefits, the real...

Proof of Noah's Biblical Flood Under the Black Sea (Getty Images) He's the man who found the Titanic in its deep underwater grave. Now, famed ocean archeologist Robert Ballard believes he's uncovered evidence that the story of Noah's Ark and the biblical flood were based on real events. It all starts with a controversial theory that the Black Sea was once a freshwater lake surrounded by land, until it was flooded by a massive amount of water from the Mediterranean...

The new Google Maps application is demonstrated in New York on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. The world's most popular online mapping system returned late Wednesday with the release of the Google Maps iPhone app. (AP Photo/Karly Domb Sadof) Apple gave millions of iPhone iOS 6 users an early Christmas present: Google Maps are back. The trouble started in the fall, when Apple chucked the popular Google Maps and replaced it with its own mapping program. The complaints began immediately. The...