🌐 General Knowledge & Reference

• Wikipedia.org – Broad reference (good starting point, always check sources)

• Britannica.com – Expert-written encyclopedia

• HowStuffWorks.com – Easy explanations of how things work

📰 News & Journalism

• BBC.com

• Reuters.com

• APNews.com (Associated Press)

• NPR.org

• TheGuardian.com

🧪 Science, Tech & Education

• NASA.gov

• NIH.gov (National Institutes of Health)

• CDC.gov

• KhanAcademy.org

• MIT.edu

• Stanford.edu

💻 Programming & Tech Learning

• MDN Web Docs (developer.mozilla.org)

• StackOverflow.com

• GitHub.com

• W3Schools.com

• FreeCodeCamp.org

🏛️ Government & Official Info (U.S.)

• USA.gov

• IRS.gov

• NOAA.gov (weather & climate)

• FCC.gov

🔐 Online Safety & Trust Indicators

Trusted sites usually:

• Use HTTPS (🔒 lock icon)

• Have clear About / Contact pages

• Are well-known or officially backed

• Don’t flood you with fake popups or forced downloads