HOTTEST
ASSET
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Real-life
Indiana
Jones
Paul
Sereno
WE DIG A MAN WHO GETS DIRTY
Make no bones
about it: Chicago-
based paleon-
tologist Sereno
doesn’t just bur-
row for fossils to
stay in shape. The
researcher, who’s discovered more than two dozen new
species of dinosaurs (along with other creatures, includ-
ing SuperCroc, the world’s largest crocodile), performs
the same number of push-ups as his age daily—he’s
54—though he admits, “It gets harder with each passing year.” To counter the blazing rays of the sun while on
expeditions in Tibet and the Sahara, he religiously slathers on sunblock. “I should look like a dried prune,” he says.
Sereno’s good looks help promote his work: “I’m trying to
demonstrate science in a very exciting but truthful way
for the public,” he says. “If you can communicate well, and
your looks help to inspire young people, then use them.”
GEORGE CLOONEY POLITICAL POWERHOUSE
He jokingly calls himself “The Sexiest Man Still
Alive,” but Clooney, 51, is actually Hollywood’s top
human rights advocate: In March he was busted
protesting at D.C.’s Sudanese Embassy, two days after testifying to Congress on atrocities he’d seen in
Darfur. What makes him so effective? Among celeb
activists, he’s one of the best strategic thinkers, says
Tom Andrews, president of United to End Genocide.
