An inadvertently amusing feature on how a restricted calorie diet may extend life expectancy

Here's an interesting and speculative feature in the science section of this morning's NY Times, about a long term study of rhesus monkeys.

Dieting Monkeys Offer Hope for Living Longer – NYTimes.com

It's filled with amusing lines like "Although people are similar to mice in many ways, they differ in other ways…"

There's an insight.