Catchy rhythms like the tresillo are examples of how our musical perception and preference negotiate between simplicity and ...

The Great Pyramid has been standing through the frequent earthquakes of Egypt for thousands of years, but how something so ancient could hold up so well was a mystery until now. Researchers who ...

Over the past 4,600 years, the Great Pyramid of Giza has weathered a dozen or so major earthquakes. Most recently, the 5.9 magnitude Cairo earthquake of 1992 dislodged some casing stones from the ...

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A new study measuring vibration frequencies throughout the Great Pyramid revealed how it has been able to withstand severe seismic shocks. Seismologists analyzed vibrations in the various chambers of ...

When ET phoned home, was he using the Great Pyramid? Aliens might not have built the pyramids, but they may have communicated with them. An Iranian scientist has proposed the Pyramid Of Khufu may have ...

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A fresh mystery is unfolding inside Egypt’s pyramids. Researchers have discovered two hidden air-filled voids lurking behind the smooth eastern face of the Menkaure pyramid—an area long suspected to ...

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Since news broke last week that Germany’s largest public pension fund and its partner, Michael Shvo, had contracted to sell San Francisco’s Transamerica Pyramid to a Cyprus-based investment firm, ...

For the second time in six years, San Francisco’s iconic Transamerica Pyramid will be sold. Bloomberg is reporting the building that has been a defining aspect of the city’s skyline for nearly 50 ...