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Orcas Are Hunting Humpback Calves — Orcas Are Hunting Humpback Calves

Researchers are just now beginning to understand what happens when one whale species attacks another

What Are the Economic Incentives to Invent? — What Are the Economic Incentives to Invent?

Prizes and patents may fulfill different needs, but together they fuel innovation

The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 — The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868

The American Indian Museum puts the 150-year-old Fort Laramie Treaty on view in its "Nation to Nation" exhibition

World War I American Flag to Stay in Scotland — World War I American Flag to Stay in Scotland

The Smithsonian Institution extends its loan of the historic artifact to Islay—a small island with a big heart

This Artist Is Taking the Literal Pulse of America — This Artist Is Taking the Literal Pulse of America

Artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer uses biometrics to make breathtaking spectacle

Prehistoric Angolan “Sea Monsters” Go On View — Prehistoric Angolan “Sea Monsters” Go On View

The new fossil exhibition spotlights the majestic marine predators that swept into the South Atlantic as Pangaea dissolved

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