Is the American dream still in reach?

NOAA's GOES-18 satellite captured time-lapsed footage of the Palisades wildfire in southern California. The Eaton wildfire can also be seen in this view. Credit: CIRA/NOAA | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta

Woodturning a thuya burl blank into a carved wavy bowl. This burl has incredible grains and colours but sanding this wood has been a rather unpleasant experience. Used my angle grinder to carve this piece after I carefully marked out the...

Lake Mead falls to lowest level since Hoover Dam's construction as "apocalyptic" heatwave and drought hit parts of US.

Travel Smart heads to the vast lands of the USA, where we guide you through all the different types of city breaks to be experienced.Whether it's sun and sand and party in Miami, the glitz and energy of New York or the history and...

An external camera aboard the International Space Station captured Hurricane Milton over the Gulf of Mexico on Oct. 9, 2024. <b<br/>r/>

Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA | edited by Steve Spaleta

Jimmy Carter, former US president, has died at age 100.

Pilots on a mission to gather hurricane data captured incredible footage of what it looks like to fly through a monster storm.

Kamala Harris's 2024 campaign for the US presidency

JD Vance said Trump ‘thoroughly failed to deliver’ his economic agenda in uncovered 2020 messages.Source: LUMEN / The Independent

People in many countries greatly overestimate the number of Muslims living among them, often due to fear-based news and stereotypes. For example, Americans think 17% of the population is Muslim, when it's actually less than 1%. This...

Deep sea mining, seafloor vents, underwater drones, bioluminescent sharks, and the disturbing effects of ocean acidification highlight the near future of oceanographic discovery.

The most disliked companies in America, based on customer and employee satisfaction. Companies like Comcast, Wells Fargo, and Sprint made the list due to poor service, scandals, or bad working conditions. Even though some of them are...

NASA has a three-phase plan to send humans to Mars by 2040, including building new spacecraft, testing deep-space missions, and learning how to live on the Red Planet. Alongside efforts by private companies like SpaceX, NASA is working...

These ten countries have the most people living in modern slavery, or victims of human trafficking.

Paris, the most populated metro area in the EU, is known for its short buildings and beautiful city design, shaped by major changes in the 1800s led by Napoleon III and Baron Haussmann. They added parks, straight boulevards, and cleaner...

Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, is preparing to defend itself against a major Russian invasion. The city is important because of its size, power sources like the Kyiv dam, and key bridges and airfields that are crucial in the fight....

Chicago became one of the most important cities in the U.S. thanks to its central location, booming railroad and river networks, and its role in agriculture and industry. It grew rapidly by processing goods like grain and meat, shipping...

The U.S. Secret Service began as a way to stop counterfeit money after the Civil War, but later became the main agency protecting the President. After several assassinations, including President McKinley’s in 1901, it was finally...

A tariff is a tax that a country places on another country's imports. In the U.S., what that means is that when we place an import tariff, it's not another country paying the US government. It is a domestic firm, a domestic importer...

Burning coal and natural gas to make electricity causes the most pollution globally, but policies like feed-in tariffs and renewable energy standards help encourage the switch to wind and solar. Texas has been successful in growing clean...

In the late 1800s, Chicago grew rapidly into a major industrial city, but its wooden buildings and poor planning led to the Great Fire of 1871, which destroyed much of the city. Amazingly, the city quickly rebuilt, creating the world’s...

From barbed wire to the automobile, key inventions between 1870 and 1900 revolutionized American farming, communication, entertainment, and transportation.

In 1860, tensions over slavery pushed the United States to the brink of collapse, leading to secession of 11 states and the creation of the Confederacy.