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Audemars Piguet Fetes Its Iconic Watch

Fortieth birthdays seem to be often accompanied by a blow-out celebration, a fact that is apparently true even when the celebrant is a watch. The many friends of Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak can wish it felicitations during a four-day exhibition March 21–24 at the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan. Besides ...

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Villa Magna Hotel Provides VIP Access to the Prado

Madrid’s Villa Magna is offering VIP access to the city’s famed Prado Museum, along with expert art guides, and insight into Spain’s rich art history. Priced from $14,560 a night, the Prado package places guests in Villa Magna’s 1,500-square-foot Royal Suite, which is well stocked with bottles of Spanish cava ...

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A New Path to Longevity (preview)

On a clear November morning in 1964 the Royal Canadian Navy’s Cape Scott embarked from Halifax, Nova Scotia, on a four-month expedition. Led by the late Stanley Skoryna, an enterprising McGill University professor, a team of 38 scientists onboard headed for Easter Island, a volcanic speck that juts out from the Pacific 2,200 miles west of Chile.

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Your Brain on Facebook : Bigger Social Networks Expand the Size of Neural Networks

A recent study showed that certain brain areas expand in people who have greater numbers of friends on Facebook . This was welcome news for online social network addicts, particularly teenagers : "Mom, I'm not just on Facebook ; I'm doing my temporal lobe calisthenics." There was a problem, though

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Researchers uncover aerodynamics of the best attributes of the common jump rope

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the cool things about science is, no matter where you are, it’s all around you, and sometimes all that’s needed is for someone to open their eyes to something that has always just been there. Take jumping rope for example. Jeffrey Aristoff and Howard Stone found themselves wondering one day if the mechanics of the whole operation had ever been studied and worked out.

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2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The 2011 Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to Daniel Schechtman of the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa.

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Scotland’s Crowning Salute

Ever since the realm of Queen Victoria, Chivas Regal has held a Royal Warrant. So it was only fitting that Chivas would honor the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953, with a special commemorative whisky, Chivas Regal Royal Salute 21-year-old, inspired by Britain’s 21-cannon maritime homage and ...

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Cruise lines offer prepaid packages for booze

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., which includes Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises, has taken a lead in expanding the prepaid concept to alcoholic beverages.

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Shell North Sea Pipeline Leak Reduced to a Trickle

By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's worst oil spill for over a decade appeared to be entering its final stages, as the leak from Royal Dutch Shell's faulty North Sea pipeline slowed to a trickle. [More]

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Amateur Lewis wins silver medal at British Open

SANDWICH, England (AP) -Tom Lewis of England finished as the leading amateur in the British Open on Sunday, capturing the silver medal and completing a memorable week at Royal St. George's.

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