Science Yearender 2016

2016 was a big year for science. Ebola was the biggest public-health emergency in 2015, and, this year, another virus known as Zika, entered our lexicon. It was also a year for scientific firsts, including an unmanned spacecraft named Juno successfully beginning to orbit the planet Jupiter.

Electron microscope image of negative-stained, Fortaleza-strain Zika virus (red) Source: AAP