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...effort to limit public gatherings and the spread of the virus. As epidemiologists swarm the country in an effort to trace the virus's spread, the big question remains: Why is the disease seemingly so much more deadly in Mexico than anywhere else? "This will be the object of a great deal of research and attention," said Keiji Fukuda, the interim director-general for health, safety and environment for the World Health Organization (WHO). "But we can't say why there seems to be a difference." (See the five things you need to know about swine...
...group of scientists—including one Harvard professor—have discovered the furthest known object in the universe, Gamma-Ray Burst 090423, after it was detection by NASA’s Swift telescope last Thursday morning...
...object is 13.1 billion light years away and is thought to have been caused by the death of a massive star and the birth of a black hole, according to Edo Berger, an assistant professor of astronomy...
...further than any other known object,” he said...
...group of scientists that discovered the distance of this object include Berger, of the Harvard Center for Astrophysics, Derek A. Fox from Penn State University, and Nino Cucchiara, one of Fox’s students. This distance has since been confirmed by scientists from around the world...