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...most often transferred to humans by the animals' fleas. Scientists know which regions of the world harbor infected animals, but they are only just beginning to understand the dynamics of plague infection. Its spread depends not just on Yersinia pestis but also on interactions among rodents and, crucially, on contact between humans and wildlife. Madagascar is a good example. For decades, plague was restricted to the highlands, according to a 2004 paper by researchers in Madagascar, Senegal and France. But it showed up on the coast in 1991, when the Asian shrew somehow picked up infected fleas. The plague...
...failed ISF attempt to capture him at the village of Same last year killed five of his men; ever since, Reinado appeared increasingly paranoid. Interviewing him several months after the raid (led by Australian special forces) involved lengthy mobile-phone contacts with intermediaries and sympathetic politicians. After his phone number was secured and contact made, he sent one of his men, disguised as a village local riding a motorcycle, to guide TIME to his hideout...
...When I asked the DNC about this situation, the organization declined to comment, and repeated attempts to contact the Obama and Clinton campaigns were ignored (What about the student vote, spokespeople?) The DNC is likely embarrassed that this wonderful and energizing primary, in which a record number of Democrats have voted, might be decided by the gut feelings of DNC officials, or by which Cabinet position a senator thinks he can get if Obama or Clinton moves into the White House. How un-Democratic...
...students and potential donors weren’t allowed to do their part in crushing our rival. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires blood drives to turn away perspective donors who respond affirmatively to questions asking if they are male and have “had sexual contact with another male, even once, since 1977,” or are female and have had sexual contact with a male of that description. The American Red Cross has no choice but to enforce FDA restrictions. This restriction, however, is not only an unfair “lifetime deferral...
...these applications required private information—yet Facebook currently gives all applications access to the information. Felt said that application developers can see a user’s birthday, religion, sexual orientation, relationship status, past schools and photos—though not a person’s contact information. “Currently, Facebook gives permissions for applications to view all the users’ information,” Felt said. According to the company’s privacy policy, Facebook does require application developers to agree to respect users’ private information—but the company...