Extreme weather and wealth have really caught our attention this week.

Young Betty White, pre-tech boom San Francisco, and photos unearthing the 1950s black experience are just a handful of the things we love this week.

Chinese cancer villages are popping up all around the country. If not handled responsibly, they could greatly inhibit China's future growth.

Delve into the secretive and misunderstood world of American hippie communes of the 1970s.

These nebulae photos make life on Earth seem incredibly boring.

A lot of what we know about the animal kingdom comes from science. Animal myths, however, often stem from the entertainment industry.

Sometimes, a dog or a cat just won't do — so why not try a pet otter or capybara?

2014 is over. Here's the way it looked in the eyes of a few major media outlets.

These fascinating photos of life under the Shah of Iran before 1979 reveal just how similar the country was to the Western nations that are now its enemies.

From colossal "thunder snows" to comet landscapes, this week we can't get enough of our natural world.

The inspiring story of Dion Diamond, a civil rights activist who took his charge against Jim Crow right into the heart of the nation's capitol.