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A new study finds that tai chi is better than conventional aerobic exercise at lowering blood pressure in middle-aged people with prehypertension. LEILA FADEL, HOST: Tai chi is a traditional form of Chinese martial arts, and it’s known to increase flexibility and improve balance. New research suggests it may be better than more vigorous aerobic exercise in lowering blood pressure. Here’s NPR’s Maria Godoy.MARIA GODOY, BYLINE: Tai chi combines slow, gentle movements with mindfulness. It’s often referred to as meditation in motion. Ruth Taylor-Piliae of the University of Arizona researches tai chi’s many health benefits.RUTH TAYLOR-PILIAE: Oh, my gosh -…
A man grunts and sighs in the crowded aisle next to you. His backpack swats your shoulder. “If an overhead bin is shut, that means it is full,” a flight attendant announces over the intercom. A passenger in yoga pants backtracks through the throng with a carry-on the size of a steamer trunk—“Sorry, sorry,” she mutters; the bag will need to be checked to her final destination. Travelers squish aside to make way for her, pressing against one another inappropriately in the process. Nobody is happy.Among the many things to hate about air travel, the processing of cabin luggage is…
NRL players briefed about behaviour standards in Las VegasAlso warned about possible scammers and blackmail attemptsDouble header in Sin City at Allegiant Stadium on March 3By Andrew Prentice For Daily Mail Australia Published: 20:31 EST, 14 February 2024 | Updated: 20:31 EST, 14 February 2024 NRL stars from the four clubs heading to Las Vegas have been warned about potential extortion attempts from colourful identities ahead of the double header at Allegiant Stadium on March 3.Security will be beefed up for the players in Sin City, with the Sea Eagles, Rabbitohs, Roosters and Broncos to be allocated 10 guards each in a multimillion-dollar operation. Las…
Sex sells. Brands are banking on the idea that heartbreak does too.Volanthevist / GettyFebruary 14, 2024, 5:56 PM ETThis is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.Brands seem to have zeroed in on the ultimate relatable situation: a romance gone bad. Cue the ex-based marketing promotions.First, here are four new stories from The Atlantic:Branding Bad RomanceIf romance has failed you lately, fear not. Brands are standing by with surreal promotional stunts just for…
It was President Joe Biden who brought up the time of his son Beau’s death and botched the year during his interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur, according to a new report following White House fury over the ‘gratuitous’ detail.Hur included discussion of Beau’s death in his bombshell 345-page report as one of multiple examples of Biden’s ‘hazy’ memory, inviting a fiery response from the president during his angry press conference last Thursday. ‘How in the hell dare he raise that?’ Biden fumed at the White House. ‘Frankly, when I was asked the question, I thought to myself: it wasn’t any…
In January, a man living on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula died of Alaskapox. Pictured is Bear Glacier in the Kenai Fjords National Park on Sept. 1, 2015, in Seward, Alaska. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images In January, a man living on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula died of Alaskapox. Pictured is Bear Glacier in the Kenai Fjords National Park on Sept. 1, 2015, in Seward, Alaska. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Alaska health officials reported last week that a man died in January after contracting a virus known as Alaskapox. The disease was first…
On Monday evening, Jon Stewart returned to the hosting chair of The Daily Show after nearly a decade away—and he spent a nontrivial portion of his opening segment roasting Joe Biden’s first TikTok video. That post, which the Biden-Harris campaign uploaded during the Super Bowl on Sunday, featured the president answering silly, rapid-fire questions about the big game: Jason Kelce or Travis Kelce? The performance was cheeky but decidedly low energy. Biden’s voice is a little raspy, and at one point, he gets very excited about chocolate-chip cookies.Stewart played the clip in the context of the press’s multiday fixation on…
There is clearly no shortage of inspirational women in Britain today. Since we began our search for the country’s most dogged campaigners and selfless community leaders, we have been inundated with nominations.Now, entry to the Inspirational Women Awards, held in partnership with M&S, has closed and our judges must make the difficult decision of whittling down hundreds of entries to just five winners.The victors will attend a WOW Foundation event at Buckingham Palace, before receiving their trophies and a £500 M&S voucher each at a gala dinner in London.We will announce the panel’s verdict in April, but until then, TESSA…
Madame Web doesn’t just scrape the bottom of the barrel—it finds new depths.BFA / AlamyFebruary 14, 2024, 12:13 PM ETDecades into the comic-book-movie experience, filmmakers are still experimenting with the form. Madame Web, the latest in Sony’s vaguely intertwined series of films connected to the wider world of Spider-Man, is about a woman named Cassie Webb (played by Dakota Johnson) who discovers that she has clairvoyant powers. More noticeably, it’s about an ostensible superhero who approaches perilous danger and supervillain skirmishes with the laconic, standoffish energy one might associate with the ingenue of a Luca Guadagnino movie, not the umpteenth…
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