Science marks milestones in 2016

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

2016 was a big year for science.Ebola was the biggest public-health emergency in 2015, and, this year, another virus - 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.

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