Engineers have spent decades trying to design a cable strong enough to stretch from Earth to orbit, but gravity, tension, and physics still stand in the way.

Perched on the cliffs above the Willamette River, Oregon City faced a challenge no bridge could solve — so in 1915, it built ...

And it’s true, in the West, cities sprawl out across deserts and prairies with only mountains to fence them in. My hometown was ringed with sagebrush and open prairie. There are no city skyscrapers ...