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A Debate Over The Best Way to Protect the Tiger

Experts battle each other over a $350 million plan to keep the tiger from becoming extinct

The Prehistoric Giants Hall of Fame

What were the largest species of all time? Does the Tyrannosaurus rex make the list?

Wilson says our instinct to settle down both ensures our success and dooms us to conflict.

Edward O. Wilson’s New Take on Human Nature

The eminent biologist argues in a controversial new book that our Stone Age emotions are still at war with our high-tech sophistication

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Who Would Live on Wall Street?

In the wake of the financial crisis, New York's financial district is getting something new: full-time residents

1950 depiction of a smoldering New York after a nuclear attack

Hiroshima, U.S.A.

In 1950, a popular magazine depicted what an atomic bomb would do to New York City—in gruesome detail

A selection of a new image of distant galaxies in the COSMOS field. Click to see the whole view.

Picture of the Week: A Deep View of the Universe

A new survey of a slice of the distant reaches of the universe reveals 200,000 galaxies

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When Runaway Planets Go 30 Million Miles Per Hour

A new discovery indicates some planets may be flung out of our galaxy at velocities a few percent of the speed of light

Naomi Braithwaite's footwear sketches for a design course at London College of Fashion

How Ideas Become Shoes: Creativity in Process

Using shoe design to understand human creativity

Current entrance to The Lot.

Historic Film Studios Gone, but Not Forgotten

The demolition of buildings in West Hollywood and New York City leads us to ask: "What parts of our film heritage are we going to keep?"

My Allosaurus ink

Allosaurus Ink

When I decided to get my first science tattoo, the choice was clear—it had to be Allosaurus

In northern Spain, pouring apple cider from bottle to glass is a sport requiring dexterity and skill, as demonstrated by this barman in La Calzada, Asturias.

More Brews and Booze from Around the Globe

Ignore everyone and beware of liquid that looks like water—because it's probably chacha, and in the Republic of Georgia, locals will make you drink it

A new exhibition will examine the ecological and cultural ramifications of cell phones.

Coming Soon: A Natural History of the Cell Phone

An upcoming Natural History Museum exhibit will look at the cultural and ecological effects of mobile phones

Mahanoy Mountain shows the scars of strip mining.

A Short Trip to Coal Country

Some things never change: Disneyland's parking lot in the '50s.

Time to Reinvent the Parking Lot

Some urban planners and architects say we can do a lot better than asphalt slabs and concrete boxes

Will computer servers like these be the reporters of tomorrow?

Is the Future of Journalism Computerized?

New artificial intelligence programs can analyze data sets to produce news articles that mimic the human voice

Buzz Lightyear returned to Earth on Discovery in 2009.

Buzz Lightyear: To Infinity, And the Air and Space Museum

Buzz Lightyear returns from space and stakes out a new home in the Air and Space Museum

A partial Tenontosaurus skeleton on display at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana.

How Tenontosaurus Grew Up

The model of Titanoboa will be on view at the Natural History museum starting tomorrow.

Titanoboa, the 48-Foot Monster Snake, Slithers Into the Natural History Museum

See the giant prehistoric snake everyone's been talking about at the Natural History Museum, starting Friday, March 30 through January 6, 2013

This Friday, feet will fly in celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month.

Events March 30-April 1: Tap Festival, Mysteries of Mail, Japanese Paper Dioramas

The weekend is packed with dance events, family fun and some crafty ideas for the whole family

A German mint hard at work producing debased coinage designed to be palmed off on the nearest neighboring state, c.1620

“Kipper und Wipper”: Rogue Traders, Rogue Princes, Rogue Bishops and the German Financial Meltdown of 1621-23

It is tempting to think of the German hyperinflation of 1923 as a uniquely awful event, but it pales in comparison to what happened in the 17th century

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