History A new digital archive contains 374 US-Native American treaties, available for the first time ever Thom Dunn
art New smartphone app lets museum visitors point at art, then see artists discuss the work Andrea James
art Major exhibition of Nam June Paik, "father of video art," opens at Smithsonian in December 2012 Xeni Jardin
art Since a 28-ft wave washed a shipping container of Legos into the ocean 25 years ago, bricks have been washing ashore Popkin
architecture This house looks like a cross between an Earthship and the structures on Tatooine, and can be yours for $295k Jennifer Sandlin
Science Newly discovered fossils of a giant whale that may have been the largest animal to ever exist Ruben Bolling