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More than a decade of planning will come together this week for a five-day push through three kilometers of ice
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The name of the long-snouted dinosaur Irritator hints at the troubled history surrounding the spinosaur's classification
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In his travels around the world, anthropologist Lars Krutak has seen many tribal tattoos, including some applied to relieve specific ailments
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This week, talk with artist Lincoln Schatz about his new video portrait, conservators for the Smithsonian, and artist Barbara Kruger
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Some argue that tourist safari hunts generate important money for African nations—but can lions afford the loss?
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Claw Shapes: A Glimpse Into the Lifestyle of Raptors?
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A roundup of unique (if impractical) science gifts, from glass anatomical models to retro adding machines
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From glasses that fight jet lag to a plant that waters itself to a rocking chair that fires up the iPad, here are presents no one will forget
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Claws once thought to belong to a giant turtle turned out to be from one of the weirdest dinosaurs ever found
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Visit the futuristic town where drivers and non-drivers live in perfect harmony
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From Waimea Bay to "Mavericks," here are some superb sites to watch surfers catch the biggest breakers in the world this winter
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With multiple paths to the red planet laid out, we might actually see people on Mars in the next few decades
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Three good reads to accessorize your daily routine
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In preparation for the holiday season, a selection of gift ideas related to some of our favorite Design Decoded posts
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Catch the hot new virtual reality art project, create your own "mockups" with artist Louie Gong and take in a talk and show with Fire and the Wheel
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The Great Pacificator was adept at getting congressmen to reach agreements over slavery. But he was less accommodating when one of his own slaves sued him
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A new study finds that prehistoric humans correctly depicted the gait of four-legged animals much more frequently than modern artists
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NASA scientists created global composite images using cloud-free nights to reveal an unprecedented look at how our planet appears at night
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A kids' magazine in the '80s hoped that by now we'd have a whole new array of pets to choose from
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We asked the institution team for their picks from the past year, from art to poetry to science
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