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Can Artificial Intelligence Stop School Shootings? — Can Artificial Intelligence Stop School Shootings?

Some researchers believe it could help predict student violence. Others worry about unintended consequences

For Anti-Poaching Canines, A Labor of Love — For Anti-Poaching Canines, A Labor of Love

A new breed of law enforcement is on the scene—and its bite is stronger than its bark

What a Cabinet of Fake Noses Tells Us About Art Preservation — What a Cabinet of Fake Noses Tells Us About Art Preservation

The collection of replica appendages is on display in Copenhagen's Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek art museum

How Andean Ritual Captures the Flow of Spacetime — How Andean Ritual Captures the Flow of Spacetime

Exploring the similarities and differences between Indigenous and Western cosmologies

How the Smithsonian Got Its Giant Squids — How the Smithsonian Got Its Giant Squids

After a decade on view, these cephalopod specimens have a growing fan base

Stunning Aerial Footage of Victoria Falls — Stunning Aerial Footage of Victoria Falls

In Zambia, the ‘Smoke That Thunders’ is the name given to a gaping ravine filled with a stunning waterfall. We know it better as Victoria Falls, considered one of the seven natural wonders of the world

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