#wns

Bacteria and fungi from the wings of bats could play a significant role in saving them from white-nose syndrome (WNS), a fungal disease affecting the skin of wings and muzzle, which has nearly wiped out vulnerable bat populations across North America. Researchers at McMaster University have gathered and analyzed samples from the community of microorganisms, or microbiome, on the wings of several bat species in Lillooett, British Columbia, which they hope will reveal new information about how WNS affects bats and, more important, how to stop it.

WPOTD – June 22, 1972

in other news, jim hoagland is in beirut, southern virginia is underwater, there's a ceasefire in ireland (which won't last a month), and john sirica sentences a black guy to die when the white guy who hired him to kill his wife gets life in prison. dc has not (and to this 2026 day) executed anyone since 1957; furman v georgia is decided exactly one week from (1972) today; the only person that can pardon in dc is the president. #justwashingtonianthings

in the world of woodstein, carl is back on the virginia desk for agnes (he's contrib on that big nameless piece on A1) but BOTH our boys stay on the case:

Woodward, Bob. "Democrats, GOP Tighten Security After Watergate 'Bugging' Case." The Washington Post, Times Herald, 22 June 1972, A1.

(how this got page 1, I'll never know, but after the the whole page after the jump is all watergate stories tho, which are kinda interesting—PLUS a correction, ooh)