This week,we tell about how thin monkeys live longer than fat ones, how aspirin can help colon cancer patients and some new information about Tyrannosaurus rex.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

This is Virgil: "He should sing thin - spun lays and he should be content feeding his fat sheep."

这是维吉尔的诗：“他哀唱着纤细的抒情诗“,“喂着肥硕的羊儿，他无比满足“

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Research has already found a big difference between the bacteria population in the guts of fat and thin people.

ECONOMIST: The microbiome

Books depicting either a fat or thin girl called Alfina as the central character elicited similarly polarised responses from a second group of 150 reception and year one schoolchildren.

BBC: Children shun fictional 'fat Alfie'

If the results of human trials are just as good (not a sure bet), a pill to make fat people thin--one of the holy grails for drug companies--will have been discovered.

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