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Two of the top science stories this week are the use of a new radioactive cream used to treat skin cancer non-invasively-->
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2082826/Radioactive-paint-cream-clear-skin-cancer-surgery.html
and reports of a study indicating that mental decline in aging people is a longer, slower and earlier-onset process than once thought (with cognitive decline already detectable by middle age (45-49 years))-->
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/mental-decline-seen-middle-age-233534243.html
Meanwhile, the science section of the IHT website has the cyber-equivalent of a photo-essay on Borneo's famous Orang Utans here-->
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/01/04/science/Borneo.html
The essay and pictures were taken in Borneo's Tanjung Puting Nature Park: a place also known for its Sun-Bears, Ursus malayanus. Although Sun-Bears are the smallest of the 8 extant Bear species*, they have a reputation for ferocity. You can find more details about the Sun Bear on the BBC's website [here].
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(* the other 7 species are the Giant Panda, The Spectacled Bear, The Sloth Bear, The Asian Black Bear, The American Black Bear, The Brown Bear and the Polar Bear. Various hybrid bears and subspecies exist.).
There is a link to pictures of two adorable polar-bear cubs in the blog post immediately before/below this one.
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