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Waiting for the next two visitors. The Ramans do everything in threes..... (Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama)

"Culturing" the virus would have to be done in host cells, not just a plain lab dish. The dish would have to contain cells the virus could infect. Unlike bacteria, viruses are not "alive" in the sense of having a metabolism. They are only genetic material (DNA or RNA) and a protein shell used to...

The definition of Top Secret (other than a great, funny movie) is material that could "gravely damage US security". This really gives no hint of what is in there. It could be information about our radar or systems that recorded the data, or it could be actual information about aliens. The Navy...