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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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The eclipses, spacecraft and astronauts changing our view of the Universe
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Discovery
Explorations in the world of science.
