Ebola can remain dormant for five years
An international team of researchers has discovered that an outbreak of Ebola in Guinea in February this year was the result of re-activated Ebola virus in someone who\u2019d been infected at least five years ago during the earlier large Ebola epidemic that swept through Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. This means the virus can remain dormant in some Ebola survivors for five years or more. Virologists Alpha Kabinet Keita and Robert Garry talk to Roland Pease about the research and its implications.
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The eruption of lavas from Iceland\u2019s newest volcano Fagradalsfjall continues six months on. Geochemist Ed Marshall tells us how he gets up close to sample the molten rock with a long scoop and a bucket of water, and what he\u2019s learning about this remarkable eruption.
NASA\u2019s Katie Stack Morgan updates Science in Action on the Perseverance rover\u2019s successful sampling of rocks from Jezero crater on the planet Mars. When the specimens are eventually returned to Earth, she says they may turn out to contain tiny samples of Mars\u2019 water and atmosphere from early in the Red Planet\u2019s history.
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Presenter: Roland Pease\nProducer: Andrew Luck-Baker