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Our first words

How humans learn their first words. Scientists found that babies of seven months were able to pick up key words from adult speech with background noise. Also in the programme, modern day mammoths in Nepal, and changing our understanding of Aids.

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麻豆社 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project

Space

The eclipses, spacecraft and astronauts changing our view of the Universe

The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry

The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry

A pair of scientific sleuths answer your perplexing questions. Ask them anything!

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