A Frisco couple were each sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for running a $30 million pyramid scheme that defrauded thousands at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, prosecutors said Wednesday.

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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 ...

Built roughly 4,600 years ago, the Great Pyramid of Giza has survived several significant earthquakes. Douwe C. van der Zee via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 For some 4,600 years, the sheer ...

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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 Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as the Khufu pyramid, is among the most famous wonders of the ancient world. It is also a wonder that the structure is still standing—given that it was erected ...

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 ...

A Burmese python named Harriet has challenged scientific understanding of the species' reproductive cycle. Harriet produced six clutches of eggs over seven reproductive cycles, a much higher rate than ...

A Pyramid Lake athlete has won his fourth Champion Chevrolet Athlete of the Week award for 2026, and a Douglas softball player has won her school's first award for the 2025-26 school year. William ...