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The SETI Institute paid tribute to its late trustee Shahzada Dawood by presenting the “Board of Trustees Services Award” to his wife, Christine Dawood, in appreciation of his services to science and education. Shahzada Dawood was a director at Engro’s board since 2003, and our Vice-Chairman since 2021. The SETI Institute, headquartered near NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, is on a mission to understand our universe, life, and intelligence beyond Earth, diligently sharing its discover

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Whales have been on this planet for longer than humans have walked upright. Are they intelligent? Linguists contend that even the most intelligent non-human animals lack a communication system that could be called language. But could whales prove an exception? Biologists have studied whales for decades and quickly realized that they lead complex social lives. For example, sperm whales have the animal kingdom’s biggest brains, six times larger than ours. They live in female-dominated social netwo

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