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...Madagascar's real agenda is to build a bridge between infantile and adult humor. It has references to movies three to five times as old as its kid audience: Born Free, naturally, and Chariots of Fire and Planet of the Apes ("Darn you! Darn you all to heck!"). For the kids there are lots of funny spit takes and an abounding love for all things rectal. (To define the top two CGI studios by their favorite bodily functions, Pixar is farts, and DreamWorks is poop.) Add an outrageously adorable baby lemur and a penguin applying suntan lotion...
...England Journal of Medicine report on an experimental vaccine that cuts the risk of shingles--and its painful side effects--by more than half. Like the chicken pox inoculation that is given to children, the new vaccine contains a weakened form of the chicken pox virus. The adult version, though, is 20 times more powerful than the pediatric one because it's working to boost the immune response in bodies where the virus has already taken hold. (Children who are vaccinated against chicken pox still get shingles, but at a lower rate...
...galaxies, planets and stars far, far away? There's no greater happiness than a kid's wish granted. Back then, my jaw dropped when the screen filled with spaceships of all varieties, battles with supreme fighters and characters I wished could be my closest relatives. As an adult, I hope the new Star Wars movie makes me sigh like a child again. Federico Fossombroni Rome The Hillary Factor Joe Klein's column "Hillary in 2008? No Way!" spelled out why it's a bad idea for Senator Clinton to run for President [May 16]. I agree with much of Klein...
...Australian and Indonesian scientists reported in Nature magazine last October that they had discovered the bones of seven individuals ranging in age from 13,000 to 95,000 years old. (Another set was found later.) Among the findings: a nearly intact skeleton that the anthropologists said belonged to an adult female who lived as recently as 18,000 years ago yet was only the size of a modern-day 6-year-old. Because the female skeleton looked humanoid rather than human and the brain size was small, the researchers concluded she was not a Pygmy?a short but otherwise normal...
...help us? Kohl is happy to count the ways. To begin with, exercise works wonders for the heart: improving the lipid profile, reducing the risk of heart disease and restoring function after a heart attack. "It helps tremendously in maintaining bone health whether you are young or an older adult," he notes. In addition, it helps moderate blood pressure in people with hypertension, can significantly relieve depression and anxiety and appears to help maintain cognitive function in old age. Studies show that physical activity may also help prevent cancers of the breast and prostate, probably by influencing hormone levels...