A huge 4,000-year-old Bronze Age hexagonal pyramidal structure has been discovered in Kazakhstan, which is apparently the first pyramidal structure ever discovered on the Eurasian steppes.

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It’s been about a month since Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—an anti-vaccine activist and lawyer who has no background in medicine, health, or science—released dietary guidance for Americans.

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 ...

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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 ...

Putting together a school meal isn't easy. "It is a puzzle essentially," said Lori Nelson of the Chef Ann Foundation, a nonprofit that promotes scratch cooking in schools. "When you think about the ...

Pain comes from communication between nerves, the spinal cord, and the brain. Pain may be acute, chronic, neuropathic, or nociceptive. Acute pain is sudden and usually linked to injury, then improves ...