Curiosity may be a robot, but it acts like a scientist: always skeptical, running experimental controls, double and triple checking every result.

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Bassani's 105-foot Wallygator, launched in 1994, was a two-masted showpiece for experimental technology that included electronic sail controls, touch-screen navigation and swiveling propeller units that could be retracted into the hull.

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Bristol may be dressing itself up for sale, it will lose its two top products (Plavix for heart disease and Abilify for mental illness) within four years, and ImClone's pipeline of experimental drugs contains two threats to Erbitux sales that ImClone controls outright.

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The lab had a well-earned reputation for producing one thing everyone could count on: experimental results that could be replicated by any scientist who was equally diligent about calibration and controls.

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Parental Controls allow parents to restrict access to the Kindle Store, Cloud Archive and the Experimental Web Browser so they can give their Kindle to a child worry-free.

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Along with the new and improved font, the update brings with it parental controls that allow Kindle owners to restrict access to the browser, which Amazon calls Experimental Web Browser, archived items, and the Kindle Store.

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