Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupted last month for the first time since 1984.
The volcano began spewing fountains of glowing rock and ash and spilling lava on Nov. 27. Though it’s been a long time since Mauna Loa last erupted, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)... Read more
Inflation is a big word that sounds pretty intimidating, but the basic definition is this: an increase in the prices of goods and services.
Like most things in life that require moderation, inflation is actually a good thing in a certain amount. The Federal Reserve, the central bank of... Read more
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
Few things are as iconic in the American Southwest as the Colorado River. It is the sixth longest river in the country and flows through 11 national parks and monuments—including Grand Canyon National Park.
The Colorado River is sometimes called the hardest working river in the West as it... 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
Antarctica is the Earth’s southern most continent and has no indigenous inhabitants. While many explorers speculated over the existence of a “southern land,” the... Read more
