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...airliners and a third wrought havoc outside a Moscow subway station, leaving more than 100 dead. The latest wave of attacks appeared calculated to mock President Putin's claim that he had defeated the Chechen separatist insurgency, and that the situation in the rebel region had was returning to normal following the election of Moscow's handpicked candidate as president of the region, in a poll widely criticized by observers. Indeed, the election was necessitated by the fact that Moscow's previous pick to lead Chechnya, Ahmad Khadyrov, had been killed by a suicide bomber three months...
...Richard Weindruch studies deprivation, like Sinclair, but has a different idea about why calorie restriction works. He has been comparing calorie-restricted rhesus monkeys with unrestricted ones and has found striking differences. The CR monkeys have shown no evidence of diabetes, for example, while it affects about half of normal monkeys. Only four of his CR monkeys, moreover, have died from age-related diseases--half the rate of the control group. He believes the explanation lies in the complex activities of fat cells. The CR monkeys have much less body fat, and that--just as with slim vs. obese humans...
...that's really the way I was and how I was brought up in Indiana. When profiles were done of me when I was younger, they always mentioned my normal upbringing, like there was something wrong with that...
...unless unions agree to cost cuts and layoffs. But downsizing has consequences: British Airways (BA), which has chopped 13,000 jobs since 9/11, last week grounded more than 100 flights at its Heathrow hub. The main reason: staff shortages. Did BA fumble its math? The carrier blames twice the normal rate of workers quitting the firm earlier in the year, with recruiting delays not helping. Unions disagree: BA "didn't just cut the flab," railed Ed Blisset of the GMB. "It cut into the bone as well." But with quieter winter months approaching, "shareholders would probably prefer...
...walking and lifting their arms with each breath. The result was an increase in the synchronization of certain cardiorespiratory patterns that is believed to be favorable to the long-term prognosis of cardiac patients. There was less of this synchronization from controlled-breathing exercises alone and almost none during normal, spontaneous breathing. Whether or not you like the poetry probably doesn't matter...