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Biggest science news of 2021: Three different missions land on Mars in one month

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Over the course of just 10 days in February, three missions arrived at Mars. Together, they are creating a clearer picture of our closest planetary neighbour Space 15 December 2021 By Leah Crane The Tianwen-1 mission Xinhua/Alamy OVER the course of just 10 days in February 2021, three missions arrived at Mars. The first was … Read more

Languages: One tongue could be lost per month this century

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By Christa Lesté-Lasserre Researchers Lindell Bromham and Xia Hua analyse data on the Gurindji language Jamie Kidston/ANU Denser road networks, higher levels of education and even climate change are just a few of the factors that could lead to the loss of more than 20 per cent of the world’s 7000 languages by the end … Read more