Did you know that Britain’s royal family traces its ancestry back nearly 1,000 years? It dates all the way to William the Conqueror in 1066, and the monarchy has certainly evolved since then!

So with such a long family history, how is it decided who gets to serve as the next king or queen... Read more

Hundreds of millions of people across the United States, Europe and Central Asia endured heat waves and record-setting temperatures starting July 19.

Things were already hot here in Arizona and the Southwest, but high pressure domes, which turn up the heat, covered much of the country,... Read more

Where can you find everything from Thomas Jefferson’s vanilla ice cream recipe to more than 140,000 comic books?

At the Library of Congress—the largest library in the world! The library houses millions of books, recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps, and manuscripts in its collections... Read more