Alma means "soul"

Alma means "soul"

Author: 60 Minutes March 10, 2014 Duration: 0:49
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array is known by its acronym ALMA. In Spanish, the word "Alma" means "soul." Chilean physicist Eduardo Hardy and Bob Simon talk about the significance.

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