Archaeology

Great Pyramid of Giza

Egypt, third millennium b.c. The Great Pyramid of Giza is both the oldest of the Seven Wonders and the only one still standing. Built by the pharaoh Khufu (reigned ca. 2551–2528 b.c.) to serve as his ...
Mint

US Official Clears Up Mystery of What That Food Pyramid Bowl Was

(Bloomberg) -- Americans had some questions after the Trump administration released new dietary guidelines on Wednesday. Should we be eating more saturated fats? Is alcohol healthy now? And what was ...
Houston Chronicle

Houston health expert weighs in on diet guidelines of new food pyramid released by RFK Jr.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced new guidelines for dietary standards that flips the food pyramid upside down by recommending Americans eat more red meat and full-fat dairy. But the ...
Ancient Origins

Legendary Lost Basilica of Vitruvius Emerges in “Tutankhamun-like” Find

Crucially, the basilica at Fanum Fortunae (ancient Fano) is the only building Vitruvius explicitly references in his surviving treatise De architectura, making the identification unusually significant ...
The Hill

Kennedy shares fake ‘South Park’ clip promoting inverted food pyramid

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shared an edited clip from the animated comedy series “South Park” on Wednesday that facetiously “flipped” the food pyramid as he debuted his ...
The New York Times

The New Food Pyramid, Brought to You by Big Meat

Mr. Prescott is the author of “Food Is the Solution: What to Eat to Save the World.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, has spent much of his public life warning ...
Slate

RFK Jr.’s New Food Pyramid Has Some Good Advice—Until You Remember What He’s Really Doing

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On Wednesday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a ...
National Basketball Association

The Athletic: The backstory on Wemby's viral kick is even more wild than the video of it

Victor Wembanyama believes he can set a world record for highest jump kick. He has an unlikely ally in his corner. Jared Weiss, The Athletic Victor Wembanyama turned heads by kicking a ball out of the ...
CNN

Will you notice any change at the grocery store because of RFK Jr.’s new food guidelines? You already have

The food pyramid is getting turned upside down, with protein and dairy gaining more prominence in the suggested American diet. Sugar and processed foods are getting shunned even more with warning ...
The New York Times

Beef Tallow, Long a Health Pariah, Rises to the Top of the Food Pyramid

The new dietary guidelines give federal approval to a fat that has slowly caught on with consumers, even as doctors have warned against it. By Kim Severson Beef tallow, a fat that both cardiologists ...
AOL

Here’s how many Americans actually have a net worth of $1 million or more (and why the number will surprise you)

More than 1,000 people a day became millionaires in the U.S. in 2024, according to UBS (1). The country has been adding people to the seven-figure club at such a relentless pace that the club is no ...
NPR

FDA commissioner explains new food pyramid, encourages greater uptake of core childhood vaccines

Martin Makary, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, on the push against ultra processed foods and added sugar, and what that could mean for school lunches and food labels, and says the ...