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Ebola: the truth about the "secret serum"

Reality Check: Ebola, Rosetta

The battle against Ebola

Debora MacKenzie of New Scientist Magazine discussed the threats posed by the Ebola outbreak in West Aftica, and the latest efforts to combat the disease.

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The Centre for Disease Control in Atlanta says the so called "secret serum" is untested, and it is unclear whether it would help or harm Ebola victims

She also explains why the so called "secret serum" is neither a secret, not a serum, and why it is not going to be much help in the present situation.

Rosetta rendezvous with comet

Today, the Rosette spacecraft goes into orbit around the comet 67P, aka Churyumov-Gerasimenko, which it will study for more than a year.

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Space and astronomy expert, Peter Bond, explains what is happening and what the project hopes to discover.

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