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Larger than Mercury and Pluto, Titan would be a perfectly respectable planet if it were orbiting the sun instead of Saturn. Its dense atmosphere is made of organic materials like methane and ethane, strikingly similar to our own atmosphere before life emerged. Since Titan's surface temperature approaches -300ºF, the moon almost certainly does not sustain life, but studying it can give scientists a peek at a sort of cryopreserved version of Earth long...
...seems to be known mostly for the men in her life: Bill Cosby, with whom she co-starred in NBC's hit sitcom The Cosby Show, and now Sean (P. Diddy) Combs, with whom she's appearing on Broadway in A Raisin in the Sun. But Phylicia Rashad is winning plaudits on her own, most recently a Best Actress Tony Award. She spoke with TIME's Richard Zoglin...
...HAVE ANY TREPIDATION ABOUT DOING A RAISIN IN THE SUN ON BROADWAY? I did. I didn't want to do it because I didn't like the play. I always thought the woman [matriarch Lena Younger] was a brick. But [director] Kenny Leon said to me, "Rashad, read the play." Because it had been years. I was reading things that I had not heard before...
...Surgeon General's estimates. But while we have declared war on terrorism, we have directed few resources toward identifying the "evildoers" within our borders who are complicit in this appalling death rate. What will it take for the government to declare war on obesity? THOMAS A. ANDERSON Sun City, Ariz...
Summer fun is back--and so are the high temperatures that can be problematic for older sun worshippers. Warm weather can severely affect us as we age: witness last summer's European heat wave that was linked to at least 20,000 deaths. Whether you're caring for an older relative or noticing that you're a little weary after sun-drenched days, some simple, not always obvious steps can ensure safety in the sun...