Dec 17th, 2008 · The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission is blaming the agency's staff for a decade-long failure to investigate Wall Street money manager Bernard Madoff, now accused of running the largest-ever pyramid investment scheme.
Dec 16th, 2008 · The fallout from Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme has taken giant chunks of cash and assets out of some prominent charities. We examine which organizations were hit hardest.
Dec 15th, 2008 · Bernard Madoff's scheme has left dozens of banking firms and private citizens out of billions of dollars. It turns out Madoff's hedge fund was really a pyramid scheme. Henry Blodget, editor of clusterstock.com, discusses who's affected and how much they lost.
Nov 21st, 2008 · Bob Brier, mummy expert, Egyptologist and co-author of The Secret of the Great Pyramid, discusses theories about how the ancient Egyptians managed to build the Great Pyramid. New research suggests a ramp inside the pyramid may have been the key to its construction.
May 22nd, 2008 · Since 1980, when China implemented a one-child policy, traditionally large families have turned into inverted pyramids with multiple grandparents for every child. They lavish the child with attention and expect great things.
May 1st, 2008 · The band exudes youth in countless ways: Its members seem almost unaware of their influences, in a way that sounds something like originality. Beat Pyramid mixes post-apocalyptic punk with the empty darkness of Joy Division, as well as dry wit and frantic bursts of experimental sound.
Feb 15th, 2008 · Look at the back of a $1 bill and you'll see the two sides of the Great Seal of the United States. In one circle, an unfinished pyramid, topped with an eye in a floating triangle. in the other, a bald eagle clutching an olive branch in one talon and 13 arrows in the other. What does it all mean? Melissa Block talks with Priscilla Linn, senior curator of the State Department's U.S. Diplomacy Center.
Dec 29th, 2007 · Egypt is considering a bill that would copyright its antiquities, from the pyramids to scarab beetles, in an attempt to get paid from the sale of replicas. Under the law, anyone seeking to make an exact replica of a copyrighted Pharaonic artifact would have to seek permission and pay a fee.