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Space
Space
Science
Leonard David

Will we ever be able to communicate with aliens?

Spot-lit satellite dishes on an arid landscape point skyward ere the backdrop of a starry night.

It's called xenolinguistics: Looking at the science of extraterrestrial language. 

Biologists, anthropologists, linguists and other experts specializing in language and communication have begun to explore what non-human, off-Earth language might look like. 

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