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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Mars today is pretty dry.
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Mars today is pretty dry. But billions of years ago, water flowed across the red planet. It ran in rivers that carved deep valleys.
Read More »Video: Man can’t stop laughing after hip surgery
Huug Bosse underwent hip surgery two years ago and can't stop laughing - with exception of crying outbursts
Read More »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 ...
Read More »Fossilized, ‘Pompeii’ Forest Discovered Under Ash
About 300 million years ago, volcanic ash buried a tropical forest located in what is now Inner Mongolia, much like it did the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. [More]
Read More »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.
Read More »Primitive Attraction: Magnetized Moon Rock Points to Lunar Core’s Active Past
The moon of today is a static orb with little to no internal activity; for all intents and purposes it appears to be a dead, dusty pebble of a world.
Read More »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]
Read More »Sweet deal! Couple finds love in Black Friday line
Trevor MacDonald and Jessie Pierfelice are getting married after meeting three years ago while waiting in line outside a Super Target in Hurst, TX on Black Friday.
Read More »"Smart bomb" mouthwash aims to end tooth decay: Will it work?
If FDA approved, would be first anti-cavity drug approved since fluoride 60 years ago
Read More »‘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]
Read More »Video: Heart patient sees results in stem cell study
After suffering a serious heart attack two years ago, Ken Miles volunteered to be patient No. 1 in a risky clinical trial involving stem cells
Read More »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.
Read More »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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