BBC_Science_Focus_-_08.2019

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DISCOVERIES


PEAS IN A POD
Dolphins prefer friends
with similar interestsp

THINK OR SWIM
Seals actively control their
circulation pre-divep

PARENTS REJOICE
Artifical intelligence
deciphers baby screamsp

A NEW DAWN
The first long range
solar-powered carp

NASA


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NASA TO SEND A DRONE


TO EXPLORE SATURN’S


BIGGEST MOON


Project Dragony is scheduled for launch in 2026


NASA has announced an ambitious new mission to look
for evidence of past and even present life on Saturn’s largest
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Concept of Dragony
entry, descent, landing,
surface operations and
ight on Titan
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