In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.

Q: As established by the Mars Exploration Program , the main scientific goals of the MSL mission are to help determine whether Mars could ever have supported life , as well as determining the role of water , and to study the climate and geology of Mars .

A: The main scientific goals of the MSL mission is to search whether Mars could ever have supported life or water and to study the climate and geology of Mars .
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Q: Noam Chomsky , a linguist and political scientist , surprised many by coming to the defense of sociobiology on the grounds that political radicals needed to postulate a relatively fixed idea of human nature in order to be able to struggle for a better society , claiming that leaders should know what human needs were in order to build a better society .

A: Noam Chomsky surprised many by coming to the defense of sociobiology on the grounds that political radicals need to postulate a relatively fixed idea of human nature in order to be able to struggle for a better society .
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Q: In most cases , the municipalities are the smallest administrative subdivisions of Belgium , but in municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants , on the initiative of the local council , sub-municipal administrative entities with elected councils may be created .

A:
Usually , municipalities are the smallest subdivisions of Belgium , but in municipalities with more than 100,000 people living there , they get divided into districts .
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