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Nov 7: Fast radio bursts in our galaxy, monkeys with a puberty switch and more

The black hole at our galaxy’s centre, and forever chemicals

The black hole at our galaxy’s centre, and forever chemicals

CBC Radio · Posted: Nov 06, 2020 6:30 PM EST | Last Updated: November 6, 2020

A dominant male gelada with a group of females in Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia (Jacinta Beehner)

Quirks and Quarks54:00Fast radio bursts, monkeys with a puberty switch, black hole at our galaxy’s centre, and forever chemicals

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