Ebola hits great apesThe great apes of the Congo are succumbing to the infamous Ebola virus. The virus causes 50 to 90 per ent mortality in infected humans and is showing the same effect in mountain gorillas. Some gorillas monitored by conservationists have vanished in the past two months. With the Ebola virus spreading, the endangered gorillas now face yet another challenge to their survival.Source: BBC News —Wendy GuBlack hole heavyweightIt weighs in at one quadrillion times the mass of the Earth, as much as 3 billion suns. But don’t worry about getting crushed; it’s also 13 billion light years away. This black hole is at the center of a quasar, which emits a lot of radiation energy. The mass of the black hole was calculated using light spectra, by comparing it to closer quasars. This new discovery is being hailed as the most massive black hole yet known.Source: BBC News—Wendy Gu
