New research shows that museums' design decisions, often invisible to the visitor, play a decisive role in shaping attention, movement and discovery.

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Ever since the first fossil was pulled from the sandstone formation at Hell Creek, Montana, at the turn of the last century, the Tyrannosaurus Rex has reigned supreme as the ultimate apex predator. In ...