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What are scientists hoping to learn from the total solar eclipse? | Science & Tech News
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Scientists are gearing up for next week’s total solar eclipse – but what will they be hoping to learn as parts of the Earth temporarily fall dark? NASA‘s deputy chief Pam Melroy says it will give an “entirely different” opportunity to study the interaction between the Earth, moon and sun. The US space agency and…
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Chimpanzees make sounds like human babies as they learn to speak, study finds | Science & Tech News
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Young chimpanzees can make similar sounds to babies as they learn to speak, researchers have found. Primates studied by the University of Portsmouth were capable of similar vocal functional flexibility to humans as they grew up. The team filmed 28 infant apes at a sanctuary in Zambia as they made sounds such as grunts, whimpers,…
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What did we learn from NASA’s first ever public meeting on UFOs? | US News
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NASA has held its first public meeting on UFOs, a year after launching a study into unexplained sightings. The space agency televised the four-hour-long hearing on Wednesday, featuring an independent panel of experts at NASA headquarters in Washington, with the public taking part remotely. The team included 16 scientists and other experts selected by NASA…