"Astronomy for our ancestors was very integral to their lives. We needed it for finding food, for learning law [and] knowing how to direct yourselves at night time,” Ms Banks told The Point.

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Audio will be added after the show. The Conversation airs weekdays from 11 a.m. to noon on HPR-1. University of Hawaiʻi's Institute for Astronomy Director Doug Simons discusses the proposed federal ...