jessicalprice:

npr:

Back in the 1960s, the U.S. started vaccinating kids for measles. As expected, children stopped getting measles.

But something else happened.

Childhood deaths from all infectious diseases plummeted. Even deaths from diseases like pneumonia and diarrhea were cut by half.

“So it’s really been a mystery — why do children stop dying at such high rates from all these different infections following introduction of the measles vaccine,” says Michael Mina, a postdoc in biology at Princeton University and a medical student at Emory University.

Scientists Crack A 50-Year-Old Mystery About The Measles Vaccine

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Using computer models, they found that the number of measles cases in these countries predicted the number of deaths from other infections two to three years later.

“We found measles predisposes children to all other infectious diseases for up to a few years,” Mina says.

And the virus seems to do it in a sneaky way.

Like many viruses, measles is known to suppress the immune system for a few weeks after an infection. But previous studies in monkeys have suggested that measles takes this suppression to a whole new level: It erases immune protection to other diseases, Mina says.

VACCINATE. YOUR. DAMN. KIDS. 

jumpingjacktrash:

teratocybernetics:

momothefiddler:

momothefiddler:

transagenda:

codeawayhaley:

According to the laws of physics, a planet in the shape of a doughnut (toroid) could exist. Physicist Anders Sandberg says that such planets would have very short nights and days, an arid outer equator, twilight polar regions, moons in strange orbits and regions with very different gravity and seasons.

Read more: http://bit.ly/1kPLXGT via io9

petition to turn the earth into a fucking doughnut

THE STORY POTENTIAL FOR THIS IS AMAZING YOU COULD HAVE TWO ENTIRELY DIFFERENT CIVILIZATIONS SEPARATED BY DESERT ON THE OUTSIDE AND AN PERMANENT NIGHT-WINTER ON THE INSIDE

YOU COULD (WITH A LITTLE FUDGING ON TIDES OR SOME STABILIZATION FORCE) HAVE MOONS THAT GO THROUGH THE FUCKING HOLE, WITH LUNAR-POWERED SORCERERS LIVING ON THE INNER EQUATOR IN GIANT ICE CASTLES WAITING FOR THE TIME OF THE MONTH WHEN THE MOON ILLUMINATES THE ETERNAL NIGHTTIME AND THEIR SPELLS HAVE THE MOST POWER

YOU COULD HAVE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SPECIES THAT EVOLVED ON OPPOSITE SIDES WHO ARE BASICALLY ALIENS ON THE SAME PLANET AND WHOEVER CROSSES THE GIANT DESERT OR ARCTIC CIRCLE (HEH) MAKES FIRST CONTACT

THIS IS SO COOL

THIS IS SO COOL

I WANT TO RUN FIFTY THOUSAND GAMES ON WORLDS LIKE THIS HOLY FUCK

THIS JUST IN IF I’M UNDERSTANDING THE MAGNETIC FIELDS CORRECTLY I THINK THE ETERNAL NIGHT ICE REALM WILL HAVE NEAR-CONSTANT ELECTRICAL STORMS

Re-reblogging for the additional stuff.

this is the coolest article oh wow

THink about this, if the moon went through the hole, you could send people to it often. Imagine if they put a werewolf on the moon

4gifs:

When you wake up and remember you don’t have to go to work today. [Previously]

isilverandcold:

The best of Tumblr: Avatar

theladyofthedarkcastle:

epcotexplorer:

Welcome back to Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion, Hatbox Ghost. 

After a 46 year absence, Yale Gracey’s legendary attic denizen has made his return to New Orleans Square. 

2015 pictures on the left, 1969 on the right. 

*heavy breathing* YAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSS

pkshitstorm:

ravena-she-wrote:

Person: I’m depressed.
Tumblr user: Says the white cis boy

Depression doesn’t give a flying fuck who you are, asshole.

This needs more notes.

polowavecap:

Oh its fucking lit

mintprincen:

goddess-of-apples:

snorlaxlovesme:

rosereturns:

things said in majority of movies:

• “I TRUSTED YOU!!”
• “she’s not just some girl!”
• “I should have told you this a long time ago.”
• “I’m not a little girl anymore!!”
• “but I love him!!”

-“You’re giving up your dream!”
  “No dad, I’m giving up YOUR dream.”

“I knew your father. He was a good man.”

*girl walks downstairs*

Guy: Wow… you look… great.

*dad after moving into a clearly haunted house* “This is a brand new start for us”

micdotcom:

A barbecue restaurant called “Rubbin’ Buttz” is trying to celebrate “White Appreciation Day” 

KUSA-TV reports that June 11 will be “White Appreciation Day” at Milliken, Colorado’s “Rubbin’ Buttz BBQ and Country Cafe.” Participating Caucasians will be able to redeem their skin color for a 10% discount on all purchases that won’t be available to non-whites. Thankfully, the restaurant could face repercussions.