A Canadian exploration team searching off Cuba’s western coast found something they did not expect: organized stone structures nearly 2,000 feet underwater. Sonar scans showed shapes that looked like ...

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 ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt has survived more than 4,500 years. Earthquakes have repeatedly shaken the region, including the magnitude 5.8 Cairo earthquake in 1992, which dislodged some of 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 ...

The mysterious beams of light beaming over downtown San Francisco this weekend are not a movie stunt, a tech promo or the start of a supervillain plot. They are a test for a new civic-scale laser ...

At the dawn of the consumer robotics era, National Geographic TV producers plumbed ancient secrets with help from this pioneering rover. National Geographic partnered with the company iRobot to create ...

The subterranean chamber of the Great Pyramid has always felt unfinished, but its deep floor pit has recently taken on new importance. Some have linked it to hidden tunnels or vast structures beneath ...

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Have they finally solved the ancient Egyptians’ pyramid scheme? Aliens might not have built the pyramids — but the ancient Egyptians might’ve had a pretty cool hack nonetheless. A cutting-edge 3D ...

You’re reading Fault Lines, Jay Caspian Kang’s weekly column on politics and the media. If you never have to explain yourself, you can’t really ever be wrong. In recent decades, few things have been ...