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The Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus), also called the Asian tapir, is the largest of the five species of tapir and the only one native to Asia. The scientific name refers to the East Indies, the species’ natural habitat. In the Malay language, the tapir is commonly referred to as cipan, tenuk or badak tampung. Malayan tapirs grow to between 1.8 and 2.4 m (5 ft 11 in and 7 ft 10 in) in length, not counting a stubby tail of only 5 to 10 cm (2.0 to 3.9 in) in length, and stand 90 to 107 cm (2 ft 11 in to 3 ft 6 in) tall. They typically weigh between 250 and 320 kg (550 and 710 lb), although some adults can weigh up to 540 kg (1,190 lb). The Malayan tapir was once found throughout the tropical lowland rainforests of Southeast Asia, including Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, and Vietnam. However, its numbers have decreased in recent years, and today, like all tapirs, it is in danger of extinction. Because of their size, tapirs have few natural predators, and even reports of killings by tigers are scarce. The main threat to the Malayan tapirs is human activity, including deforestation for agricultural purposes, flooding caused by the damming of rivers for hydroelectric projects, and illegal trade. Photo source: http://bit.ly/1gVH1gk
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Though this is no big surprise to most, I believe this is the largest study done so far and the case may PLEASE FINALLY at last be closed!!
Case closed - 10 international studies involving more than 1.25 million children have found no autism/vaccine link: http://bit.ly/1sKoJnp
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How to be Out in Night Vale ♥ Because everyone knows what you mean.
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Bacteria live in the bladders of healthy women, discrediting the common belief that normal urine is sterile. This finding was presented by researchers from Loyola Univ. Chicago at the 114th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Boston. “Doctors have been trained to believe...
E-cigs May Boost Drug-resistant Pathogens Despite being touted by their manufacturers as a healthy alternative to cigarettes, e-cigarettes appear in a laboratory study to increase the virulence of drug-resistant and potentially life-threatening bacteria, while decreasing the ability of human cells to kill these bacteria. Researchers at the VA San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS) and UC San Diego (UCSD), tested the effects of e-cigarette vapor on live methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and human epithelial cells. MRSA commonly colonizes the epithelium of the nasopharynx, where the bacteria and epithelial cells are exposed constantly to inhaled substances such as e-cigarette vapor and cigarette smoke. Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/05/e-cigs-may-boost-drug-resistant-pathogens
Measles Vaccine Key to Cancer Cure In a proof of principle clinical trial, Mayo Clinic researchers have demonstrated that virotherapy — destroying cancer with a virus that infects and kills cancer cells but spares normal tissues — can be effective against the deadly cancer multiple myeloma. The findings appear in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Two patients in the study received a single intravenous dose of an engineered measles virus (MV-NIS) that is selectively toxic to myeloma plasma cells. Both patients responded, showing reduction of both bone marrow cancer and myeloma protein. One patient, a 49-year-old woman, experienced complete remission of myeloma and has been clear of the disease for over six months. Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/05/measles-vaccine-key-cancer-cure
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A New Phytopia - Visualising the structures of life.
That title may have read as a rather grand statement but put simply without plants, life as we know it would not exist. From food, to fibre, to the air we breathe we are quite dependent on plants. The unique photos above are the babies of many different plants AKA seeds. This work has been created by academic/artist Rob Kesseler in partnership with the Kew Gardens Millenium Seed Bank.
Phytopia reveals a hidden world lying beyond the scope of the human eye. Working in the liminal territory between Art and Science. Rob K
There are many ways this work is special. First is the location, these seeds are live specimens forming a genetic bank of sorts within the Kew Millennium Seed Bank it’s quite a similar initiative to the Svalbard seed bank. Here these seeds remain protected, stocked in numbers to potentially restore plant populations if required.
Second is due to the way they are photographed by using a scanning electron microscope. Which basically uses a beam of electrons instead of light, giving the extremely fine details we can see above. These images then have layers of colour, specific to their mother plant, added to them. Rob describes this artistic process akin to how plants attract insects to attracting an audience.
Finally is the individual characteristics the photos highlight. Each seed has been honed through hundreds of years of evolution, adapting each one to succeed in a particular strategy of dispersal and growth. This brings home the fact that these plant babies are alive and individual as you or me.
Plants babies under microscope = eye & brain candy.
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MERS 101: What We Do (And Don’t) Know About The Virus
The virus with the mysterious name has been making headlines this spring, with a mysterious increase in cases. Here’s an update on what we know about MERS.
What is it? Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, a new and potentially fatally virus from the same family as the common cold and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome virus (SARS).
Symptoms: Affects the lower and upper respiratory tracts, leading to coughing, shortness of breath, fever and pneumonia. The virus aims for cells in the lungs and possibly the kidneys, which may explain instances of kidney failure. But some people who have been infected report no symptoms.
Source: Scientists say the virus may have been circulating in Arabian camels for more than 20 years. Evidence also points to bats as the initial culprit, possibly infecting camels, who then infect humans. Astudy published in mBio suggests that the MERS virus is capable of passing between camels and humans, but neither CDC nor the World Health Organization have confirmed the connection.
Who’s at risk: Some early victims either worked with camels, ate camel meat or drank camel milk, though it has yet to be confirmed that the virus passes from camels to humans. We don’t know exactly how it spreads – perhaps through air or bodily fluids. Many patients are health care workers and family members who came in close contact with an infected person.
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Photo: Fear of MERS is prompting Saudis to wear mouth and nose masks, like this man on the street of the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on April 27. (AFP/Getty Images)
Did you know that the first successful vaccine was for smallpox? As a young doctor, Edward Jenner was obsessed with finding a way to prevent horrific and deadly smallpox infections. He noticed that milkmaids who contracted cowpox were later immune to smallpox and used this discovery to develop the first smallpox vaccine in 1796. Jenner’s process was used all over the world, saving millions of lives. Want to learn more about vaccination? Read the Academy’s report to get your questions answered: http://bit.ly/FAQAdultVaccines
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A great new drug with lots of potential.
Fantastic Fungi: The Startling Visual Diversity of Mushrooms Photographed by Steve Axford
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Global warming could kill off world’s smallest kangaroo The musky rat-kangaroo plays a huge role in its rain forest home in Australia, and researchers say it’s too specialized to be relocated.