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Marquis Yachts Makes It Airy and Open

When Marquis Yachts introduced its Sport Yacht series five years ago, buyers gravitated toward the new big-boat models. With design inside and out by Nuvolari-Lenard, a renowned megayacht design firm, Marquis’ offerings boasted big-boat details that other production craft did not

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Martian Water Stuck In Minerals

Mars today is pretty dry. But billions of years ago, water flowed across the red planet. It ran in rivers that carved deep valleys.

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On Its 50th Anniversary, the Ferrari GTO Is Feted at Concours d’Elegance

Fifty years ago, Ferrari introduced what was to become one of the world’s most valuable collectible cars, the Ferrari 250 GTO. The 3-liter V-12 engine suffered only two losses in its three-year racing career and celebrated a win in its class for every championship race it entered in 1962 and ...

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New ‘soft’ motor made from artificial muscles

The electrostatic motor, used more than 200 years ago by Benjamin Franklin to rotisserie a turkey, is making a comeback in a promising new design for motors that is light, soft, and operates without external electronic controllers.

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Unusual Flavors Can Dampen Immune Response

More than 100 years ago Ivan Pavlov famously observed that a dog salivated not only when fed but also on hearing a stimulus it associated with food. Since then, scientists have discovered many other seemingly autonomous processes that can be trained with sensory stimuli--including, most recently, our immune system. [More]

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‘Alps under the Ice’ Give Clues to Global Warming

By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - The mystery of how a subglacial mountain range the size of the Alps formed up to 250 million years ago has finally been solved, scientists said on Wednesday, which could help map the effects of climate change. [More]

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Video: "Magic" Johnson’s 20-year battle with HIV

Twenty years ago, basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson announced he was HIV- positive. Sports Illustrated senior writer Jack McCallum spoke to the "Early Show" anchors about Johnson's battle with the disease.

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World’s Largest Dam Removal Begins

Ninety-eight years ago, engineers tamed Washington State's Elwha River. Dams provided electricity , at the expense of runs of five types of Pacific salmon.

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