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...Otavalo indigenous market. But the highlight is the seven-day cruise through the Galapagos, a living laboratory for learning about the geological forces that shaped the islands and the evolutionary pressures that molded their inhabitants, which include marine iguanas that spit out salt, giant tortoises that can weigh 500 lbs. and blue-footed boobies that woo mates with a bizarre display of stamping, flapping and whistling. The animals of the Galapagos are unique in their trust of human beings. "It's very moving," says Jelle Z. de Boer, professor of earth science from Wesleyan. "And it provides a lesson...
...Commission has accepted the petition, and will hold a hearing of its own on April 6 to weigh its merits...
...ground floor, as the giant sphere hovers overhead, you enter the Hall of the Universe. It features, among other things, a video wall flashing the very latest astronomical images, including downloads from the Hubble Space Telescope, and an updated version of the Hayden's popular "how much you'd weigh on other worlds" scales...
...BOXING Following the retirement of Don King, the sweet science will enjoy a soul-stirring comeback, a Periclean Age of noble warriors who fight monthly, only against worthy opponents and always on free television. At weigh-ins, the combatants salute each other by reciting, from memory, quatrains about sportsmanship by Grantland Rice...
...something. Ferret ownership has doubled in the past five years; 6 million are now in U.S. homes, placing them third in popularity among mammals, trailing cats (55 million) and dogs (50 million). Adult ferrets weigh between 1 1/2 lbs. and 3 lbs., perfect for compact living spaces, and the species' record of good behavior--according to the Animal Health Institute, ferrets are 200 times less likely to bite than dogs--makes them ideal first pets. Then there's the ferret's hip intellectual profile. "They're not pack animals," says Shefferman, "and they don't learn by rote, like dogs...