professor simon kirby, from edinburgh university, first time, one of the key defining features of language out in the whale song. this technique to have a google translate for whales, but so in some ways, whale song is actually a bit like music. but we don't use music to say messages like what's for dinner? it turns out generation, so what's next for birdsong, and our prediction is that we should see the same thing there, too. million dollars at auction in new york. short of its estimate. sale would go to establish a scholarship in support hello. for most of the uk, the weather's just this part of blaenau gwent is over 300m above sea level. up on our radar picture. something quite different though, is happening to the weather in the highlands, where we've got barely a cloud in the sky. or 2 for the east coast. of rain and drizzle nothing particularly heavy. and that's making it feel particularly chilly with temperatures today for most about 4 to 6 celsius. now, overnight, ourweak area of low pressure continues and drizzle continuing. here where we'll see a really sharp frost develop. in th

the international study was led by the university professor simon kirby from edinburgh university alsof language has been found in another species. i'll never forget the moment we basically took eight years of whale song data and poured it into this mathematical model of how children learn language. but actually that's not possible. and the reason is that we don't actually think whales are using their song like we use language. a bit more like music, but we don't use music to convey and it turns out there are other species that transmit communication culturally. so songbirds' song is learned each generation. technique to birdsong. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. it's going to become less over the weekend but right now there is a lot of and some wet weather. a lot of cloud and some wet weather. a wintry mix of rain, sleet and hail snow most snow will be snow moving north. most snow will be �* the snow moving north. most snow will be. �*the hills of wales, with some over the hills of wales, with some snow at the moment, over the snow at the moment, and over the pennin

from edinburgh university, here's professor simon kirby.guage has been found in another species. of whalesong data and poured it into this mathematical model of how children learn language. what we saw was this fingerprint that we see in all human languages coming out in the whalesong. it would be really nice, wouldn't it, if we could use for whales. but actually that's not possible. and the reason is that we don't actually think whales are using their song like we use language. so in some ways, whale song is actually a bit more like what's for dinner. and it turns out there are other species that transmit communication culturally. so songbirds' song is learned each generation. so what's next for us is to apply this human infant inspired technique to birdsong. that has to be my favourite story of the day. that's it from me for now. have a good sunday wherever you are. thanks for being with us here on bbc news. goodbye. hello there. a rather grotty day for many of us on saturday with low grey cloud, drizzle, further outbreaks of rain, and so

professor simon kirby, from edinburgh university, also took part in it.language. and what came out the other side was extraordinary. what we saw was this fingerprint that we see this kind of technique to have like a google translate for whales. and the reason is that we don't actually think whales are using their song like we use language. so in some ways, whalesong is actually a bit more like what's for dinner. communication culturally. inspired technique to birdsong. and our prediction is we should see the same thing there, too. dollars at auction in new york. violin plays. sale would go to establish a scholarship in support conservatory. it was purchased by an anonymous buyer. i wonder if they're to look i wonder if they're going to look at it or dare to play up. we are back soon with all our main stories more on events main stories and more on events in the middle today. in the middle east today. you're watching bbc news, thanks for staying with us. hello. of the uk, with rain and drizzle around. we have seen some wintriness over the last 2a hours. ab