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Saturday 1 November 2014
AMERICA AND THE NAZI,S
During the Cold War Nazi,s period 1,000 were recuited as spies by the c.i.a and f.b.i .One was ex ss Otto Von Bolshwing who wrote How To Terrorize Jews,and it is well know that Nazi scientist rocket scientist helped with nasa space race in 1960,s.Find out more in Eric Lichblau book-How America Became A Safe Haven For Hitlers Men.
Body clock: 'Rush hour' transformation discovered
A pair of "rush hours" every day rapidly change the way tissues throughout the body work, scientists have discovered.
The animal study, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, monitored the function of cells, in 12 tissues, through the day.
It found large shifts in activity just before dawn and dusk.
Experts said the findings could help time medication to hit sweet-spots in the body clock.
The body's internal clock is known to drive huge changes - it alters alertness, mood, physical strength and even the risk of a heart attack in a daily rhythm.read more-http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29747358
Giant tortoise makes 'miraculous' stable recovery
Where once there were 15, now more than 1,000 giant tortoises lumber around Espanola, one of the Galapagos Islands.
After 40 years' work reintroducing captive animals, a detailed study of the island's ecosystem has confirmed it has a stable, breeding population.
Numbers had dwindled drastically by the 1960s, but now the danger of extinction on Espanola appears to have passed.
Galapagos tortoises, of which there are 11 remaining subspecies, weigh up to 250kg and live longer than 100 years.
The study, based on decades of observations of the variety found on Espanola, was published in the journal Plos One.
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It offers some good news that contrasts with the tale of Lonesome George, the very last of the related subspecies found on Pinta, on the other side of the archipelago. George's death, at the age of about 100, made international news in 2012.
Lead author Prof James Gibbs told BBC News the finding on Espanola was "one of those rare examples of a true conservation success story, where we've rescued something from the brink of extinction and now it's literally taking care of itself".
Prof Gibbs, from the College of Environmental Science and Forestry at the State University of New York (SUNY-ESF), said he felt "honoured" to be reporting the obvious success of the reintroduction programme, which the Galapagos Islands National Park Service commenced in 1973.READ MORE-http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29801967
Newt flesh fungus 'brought by pets'
Zoologists say a skin-eating fungus threatens salamanders and newts across Europe, and probably arrived on pet amphibians imported from Asia.
It was discovered in the Netherlands in 2013 after wiping out all but 10 of the country's fire salamanders.
Now tests show that the fungus causes deadly skin diseases in many related species, but not those from Asia.
The findings, published in Science, suggest that the fungus coexisted with Asian salamanders for 30 million years.
Researchers from Imperial College and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) collaborated on the study with teams in the Netherlands and Belgium.
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Prof An Martel
Ghent University
The parasitic fungus, called Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, is related to another fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) that causes a similar disease in frogs and other amphibians, mostly in the tropics.
According to the new study, the recently discovered "B. sal" does not affect frogs or toads but kills a wide variety of salamanders.
It rapidly invades and eats an animal's skin, which is crucial to its survival because it helps it to breathe.
"Most of the salamander species that come into contact with this fungus die within weeks," said lead author Prof An Martel from Ghent University, Belgium.
"There appear to be no real barriers that prevent the spread of the fungus throughout Europe."READ MORE-http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29831384
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Koala chlamydia vaccine trial raises hope
Australian scientists say they have successfully tested a vaccine aimed at protecting wild koalas from chlamydia.
The disease has ravaged the native marsupial, which is under increasing threat.
Microbiologists in Queensland now hope to protect some of the remaining population after successfully trialling a vaccine developed over five years.
Koala numbers have plummeted in recent years and there are believed to be as few as 43,000 left in the wild.
In some areas, numbers have dropped by as much as 80% in the past 10 years.
The strain of chlamydia that affects koalas can lead to blindness, infertility and death among the animals.
In the trial, microbiologists from the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland gave 30 koalas the vaccine while 30 others were left unvaccinated.
All 60 were then fitted with radio collars so they could be monitored in their natural habitat at Moreton Bay, north of Brisbane.
Of the 30 vaccinated, some were already infected with chlamydia, some were healthy and some were showing symptoms of the disease such as eye infections and reproductive tract infections.
Researchers said that seven out of eight koalas suffering from eye infections who received the vaccine showed an improvement.
But in the unvaccinated group, four of six koalas with eye infections saw their conditions worsen.READ MORE-http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-29828269
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