While Muzak's background music was easy to ignore, the company's surprising story says a lot about postwar America.

Stellar news on Ebola and climate change. Elsewhere, Malaysia Airlines debris discovered and first GOP presidential debate set for Thursday.

Genetically modified mosquitoes are now being deployed to fight their wild counterparts who are spreading the resurgent dengue fever.

Stay up-to-date with us: this week, a Russian billionaire launches an extensive search for IRL ETs, 99.97% of North Koreans participate in meaningless elections, and Colombia celebrates its independence from Spain.

The photos of himself Hitler didn't want you to see, the astonishing military training regimens you won't believe when you see, and a whole lot more.

The dawn of telemedicine, a brand new dinosaur, crisis averted in Greece (at least for now), and bombings in Afghanistan and Iraq.

We discover the year's best drone photos plus the year's best space photos. Meanwhile, we tour Canada's spotted lake plus Nevada's disappearing lake.

Hard men and hard jobs: fighting raging wildfires out west, breaking mountains in half in search of gold, braving Russia's frozen tundra in search of oil.

U.S. census maps to topple your assumptions and beautifully illustrate who we are, how we live, where we came from, and where we're going.

The first color photos of America bring the past to life; beautiful portraiture brings nature's great beasts to life; driftwood brings dragons to life.

Explore TreeHouse Point, Washington's wondrous treehouse hotel, and discover its surprising ins and outs with these stunning photos and facts.