Science 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 Source: AAP

The year began with governments around the world, including Australia, issuing travel warnings to pregnant women about going to Zika-infected countries.

Those countries ranged across South America, the Caribbean, Central America, Africa and the Pacific Islands.