Word: sunsets
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This sort of research does not degrade love any more than understanding optics degrades a sunset. Just because romance has an evolutionary history doesn't mean it's identical to what other animals experience. Our ancestors branched off from the other apes several million years ago and have taken their own evolutionary journey since. Falling in love may be natural, but that doesn't mean it's not exceptional...
...such villas and a 75-bedroom hotel on the secluded southwestern tip of Mauritius. It's one of a few high-end resorts on the island that, for the first time, allow nonresident foreigners to buy property. Each villa has its own uninterrupted sea view angled toward the sunset, an infinity pool and a lush, landscaped garden. The resort is huge, mostly car-free and backed by spectacular volcanic peaks. Sales open on Jan. 7. The price? From $1 million to $3 million...
...film (the BBC version with a famously shirtless, young, and hot Colin Firth). And by any measurement, “Pride and Prejudice” wasn’t a bad movie, though the final scenes took the romance to nauseatingly clichéd levels with a never-ending sunset kiss that caused my date to walk out of the theatre in disgust. Those who disliked “Pride and Prejudice,” both critics and viewers, tended to be avid Austenites. An L.A. Weekly critic complained that “Knightley plays Lizzie as, of all things...
...SUNRISE TO SUNSET...
Given its weight and power source, the Solar Impulse design can't handle turbulence, rain or even heavy clouds. During the day the HB-SIA is expected to climb to 28,000 ft. (8,500 m) so it can preserve battery power after sunset by gliding down to 10,000 ft. (3,000 m) at night. For as much as one-third of the night, says Piccard, the plane will be able to fly its descending course without engine power. But once it reaches its nighttime cruising altitude, the burden of powering the plane will fall to the batteries alone...