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Watch Footage of an Early Wright Brothers Flight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RriKI7u72Xs On Dec. 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright became the first humans to achieve powered flight. Their first flight, piloted by Orville, lasted 12 seconds, traveled 120 feet and topped out at less than

Logos That Have Gone Through Changes

Tthe early versions of these popular logos are much different.

If All Of The World Were Just 100 People

What Earth would look like if our population was condensed.

Celebrate Star Wars Day With These New ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Videos

May 4 is Star Wars Day, celebrating that galaxy far, far away. Here are a few new videos and trailers for Solo: A Star Wars Story, Han Solo’s epic origin story.

Read the Winning Essays From the 2017 Boys’ Life Reading Contest

With thousands of fantastic entries, choosing the winners was tough. Here are the top essays.

Test Your Scouting Knowledge With This ‘Jeopardy!’ Category

Among the Boy Scouts of America’s 137 different merit badges, you’ll find some classics like Bugling, First Aid and Forestry. You’ll also find merit badges like Game Design, Digital Technology and Programming that couldn’t have existed

The Porgs From Star Wars Get Their Own Music Video

One of the best parts of Star Wars: The Last Jedi was the addition of Porgs, a new creature that’s equal parts hilarious and adorable. And it’s no secret that fans have fallen for the

Can You Draw A Perfect Circle?

The short answer: no. But this interactive tool will help you get close to perfection.

Don’t Miss the Total Lunar Eclipse on Jan. 31

Still blown away by last summer’s total solar eclipse? Catch the moon’s version during the total lunar eclipse in the early hours on Wednesday morning (Jan. 31). This spectacular lunar event, called a Super Blue

What’s Inside the Mysterious Void In the Great Pyramid?

With unexplained origins, amazing engineering and plenty of surprises, Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza has been puzzling scientists for centuries. And it just got even more mysterious. Scientists have discovered a previously unknown void inside