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How is sign language adapting to climate change?
Hundreds of key environmental science terms added to the British Sign Language dictionary.
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How is sign language adapting to climate change?
Hundreds of key environmental science terms added to the British Sign Language dictionary.
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Blast off for Russia's first Moon mission in 47 years
The Russian mission is racing against India to be the first country to land on the Moon's south pole.
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How do you sign 'carbon footprint' in BSL?
How do you sign 'carbon footprint' in BSL?
Big freeze drove early humans out of Europe
Severe cold a million years ago forced our ancestors from the continent, but they adapted and returned.
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Mum, daughter and 80-year-old count down to space
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Nasa fully back in contact with lost space probe
Voyager 2 has restored its communication with Earth months earlier than expected.
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How is sign language adapting to climate change?
Hundreds of key environmental science terms added to the British Sign Language dictionary.
Video 27 seconds
Blast off for Russia's first Moon mission in 47 years
The Russian mission is racing against India to be the first country to land on the Moon's south pole.
Video 45 seconds
How do you sign 'carbon footprint' in BSL?
How do you sign 'carbon footprint' in BSL?
Big freeze drove early humans out of Europe
Severe cold a million years ago forced our ancestors from the continent, but they adapted and returned.
Scientists close in on fifth force of nature
Physicists believe that an unknown force could be acting on sub-atomic particles known as muons.
Mum, daughter and 80-year-old count down to space
Virgin Galactic aims to fly an 80-year-old former Olympian, a mother and her daughter into space.
Nasa fully back in contact with lost space probe
Voyager 2 has restored its communication with Earth months earlier than expected.
Video 27 seconds
Blast off for Russia's first Moon mission in 47 years
The Russian mission is racing against India to be the first country to land on the Moon's south pole.
Video 45 seconds
How do you sign 'carbon footprint' in BSL?
How do you sign 'carbon footprint' in BSL?
Big freeze drove early humans out of Europe
Severe cold a million years ago forced our ancestors from the continent, but they adapted and returned.
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