It won't be just the balloons, marching bands and floats on display in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The laws of physics will also be on parade. ...more

November 26, 2009

More than a million people lined the streets of New York City for the 82nd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, organizers said, while 50 million more watched on television. The parade had 44 balloons, 28 floats, 10 marching bands and performances by Miley Cyrus, Trace Adkins, James Taylor and the Radio City Rockettes. New to the revelry were "Toy Story" astronaut Buzz Lightyear, Dr. Seuss' elephant Horton and a five-story Smurf. ...more

November 28, 2008

Visitors to the Disney parks and resorts early next year will be to able connect with the equivalent of a personal tour guide through their wireless phones in a partnership between Disney and Verizon Wireless, the companies announced today. ...more

November 12, 2008

If we're going to dupe our children into eating healthfully, let's do it right. ...more

August 27, 2008

The space station's huge new Japanese lab got even bigger Friday when the astronauts attached an attic to it for extra storage. ...more

June 7, 2008

Space shuttle Discovery performed a slow back flip and then docked at the International Space Station on Monday, delivering a mammoth lab and two new occupants: a NASA astronaut and Buzz Lightyear. ...more

June 3, 2008