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The universe began with an epic

bang almost 14 billion years ago

and has been expanding ever

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know this. She will also explore

how our measurements disagree

regarding just how fast that

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The queen’s dialect

Naked mole rats are chatty,

sociable animals that live in

colonies headed by a queen.

In our latest video, we explore

how each colony “chirps” with

a unique dialect set by its queen.

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