If you're driving down San Pedro Avenue or stuck in rush hour traffic in San Antonio, you've probably noticed a pyramid-shaped structure towering above Loop 410. Maybe you're like me, and you've ...

Sarah Todd returned to reporting in January 2025 after being assignment editor at STAT since October 2022. You can reach Sarah on Signal at sarahlizchar.47. How trustworthy is the new U.S. food ...

The new food pyramid has turned things upside down. Literally speaking, the image representing the newest Dietary Guidelines for Americans is itself flipped from the pyramid of the past. But the US ...

A landmark discovery on an ancient branch of the River Nile may have solved the mystery of how the pyramids in Egypt were built centuries ago. The now dried-out waterway, which once ran through Giza ...

Pattern formation is the developmental process by which cells acquire different identities, depending on their relative spatial positions within the embryo. Pattern formation ensures that tissues and ...

The capital of the Old Kingdom of Egypt has some extraordinary funerary monuments, including rock tombs, ornate mastabas, temples and pyramids. In ancient times, the site was considered one of the ...

“Keep moving” ordered a voice deep from the abyss, as a length of people, as far as the eye could see, tried to avoid bashing their heads on the ancient rocks above them. Sweat dripping from my brow, ...