SoT 174: The Happiest Place on Earth (For Measles)

Published: Feb. 9, 2015, 9:59 a.m.

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Visitors to Disneyland left with something more than just exhaustion and overpriced souvenirs this month.\\xa0The Happiest Place on Earth has been identified as ground zero for an outbreak of Measles\\xa0that has so far infected more than 84 people.

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Scientists drilling in the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica have been\\xa0surprised to find translucent fish and other aquatic animals\\xa0living in perpetual darkness and cold, beneath a roof of ice 740 metres thick.

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There\'s a promising new stem cell\\xa0treatment for the most common form of Multiple Sclerosis. After three years, 86 percent of trial patients have had no relapses, and 91 percent are showing no signs of MS development.

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In 2003, the Mars lander Beagle 2 was lost during its landing on Mars. Eleven years later\\xa0the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has found it\\xa0- intact but only partially deployed.

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The 79AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius is famous for burying - and preserving - the city of Pompeii. But it also preserved another nearby town, Herculaneum. A new X-Ray technique is\\xa0helping archaeologists read scrolls found there\\xa0without opening and damaging them.

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