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Dire Wolves, Intersex Whales, And That Dangerous Asteroid’s Unusual Origin 39:01

πριν 4 μέρες39:01

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This week on Break It Down: old skin samples have revealed the first-ever evidence for an intersex Southern right whale, a dangerous asteroid that might hit the Moon has an unusual origin, what dire wolf “de-extinction” really means and how it’s helping red wolves, a mushroom that contains one of the most bitter compounds known to humans, a promising new candidate to topple debilitating long COVID, and is time an illusion? So, sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down… Links: Intersex whale Dangerous asteroid Dire wolves and red wolves Should we de-extinct species? Animal cloning as a conservation tool Get 35% off with code POD35 * A very bitter mushroom Long COVID treatment candidate Is time an illusion? Octopus in a bottle Grapefruit and medication The Big Questions We Have Questions *Terms and Conditions: 35% OFF PROMO CODE: POD35 offer for 1 billing period of an All Access Subscription : Annual, 2-Year, or Monthly paid subscriptions only on iflscience.com. Valid from April 4, 2025, until April 30, 2025, 12:00 am EST. To apply the promo code, you must enter it prior to completing checkout. Your credit card will be automatically charged upon checkout completion, and your subscription will continue until you cancel auto-renew. You can cancel at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the billing period, and you will not be charged upon renewal. If you choose to renew, no action is required, and the full amount will be billed at the start of the renewed term. Taxes may apply. Promo codes are not transferable/redeemable for cash or credit. Membership paid subscriptions are only available in Canada, USA, United Kingdom, and Australia. Our standard terms & conditions apply.…

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Near-Death Experiences, Loch Ness Camera Trap, And Why No Frozen Dinosaurs? 36:23

πριν 11 μέρες36:23

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This week on Break It Down: study uncovers the biological basis of near-death experiences, what a camera trap captured after 55 years in Loch Ness, why it’s taken humans so long to orbit over Earth’s poles, what a sediment core from the “Great Blue Hole” can tell us about the Caribbean’s climatic past and future, why you shouldn’t offer cola to isolated communities, and why are there no frozen dinosaurs? With damn good reason. So, sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down… Links: Near-death experiences Loch Ness camera trap Loch Ness holograms Loch Ness DNA Subscription offer Orbiting Earth's poles Chundering in space Drilling the great blue hole Don’t offer cola to isolated tribes Why no frozen dinosaurs? How fast to fossil Fossil octopus CURIOUS magazine Keep an eye out for NHM videos Deep sea beasties *Terms and Conditions: 35% OFF PROMO CODE: POD35 offer for 1 billing period of an All Access Subscription : Annual, 2-Year, or Monthly paid subscriptions only on iflscience.com. Offer ends April 30, 2025, 12:00 am EST. To apply the promo code, you must enter it prior to completing checkout. Your credit card will be automatically charged upon checkout completion, and your subscription will continue until you cancel auto-renew. You can cancel at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the billing period, and you will not be charged upon renewal. If you choose to renew, no action is required, and the full amount will be billed at the start of the renewed term. Taxes may apply. Promo codes are not transferable/redeemable for cash or credit. Membership paid subscriptions are only available in Canada, USA, United Kingdom, and Australia. Our standard terms & conditions apply.…

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Magic Mushroom Medicine, Neptune’s Aurora Confirmed, And First-Ever Shark Sounds 37:09

πριν 18 μέρες37:09

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This week on Break It Down: a new study has become the first to document what sound a shark makes, Neptune has been confirmed to have an aurora thanks to the best telescope ever, a pipeline construction site turned up the terrifying claw of a new species of therizinosaur, why people are trying to prevent measles with Vitamin A (and why it won’t work), 400-million-year-old fossils may belong to a new branch on the tree of life, and the growing role of psilocybin in new medications inspired by magic mushrooms. So, sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down… Links: Shark sounds Hear a coral reef Sharks existed before Saturn’s rings Neptune’s aurora New therizinosaur Measles and Vitamin A Supplements and liver injury New branch of life? Magic mushroom medicine We Have Questions – How do you rediscover a “lost species”? Videos galore Melanistic penguin CURIOUS magazine…

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Unknown Lifeforms, How To Live To 117, And Handstanding Sauropods? 39:14

πριν 25 μέρες39:14

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This week on Break It Down: An unknown lifeform has been making micro-burrows in the Namibian desert, the secret to living until 117 has been revealed, sauropods were not doing handstands in Texas 100 million years ago (boooo), should we be attempting to de-extinct animals, an Australian man achieves a double world-first with a titanium heart transplant, and would you rather go to space or the deepest part of the ocean? We speak to one of the only people on Earth to do both! So, sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down… Links: Unknown lifeform Living to 117 Sauropod footprints Sauropod handstands De-extinction Titanium heart Spacewalks and deep ocean Cougar photo We Have Questions Blood Rain…

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Woolly Mice, 3D-Printed Penises, And The World’s Worst Sting 38:52

πριν 6 weeks38:52

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This week on Break It Down: Colossal Biosciences creates the “woolly mouse” in their mission to de-extinct the mammoth, scientists 3D-print functional penises (and have the babies to prove their efficacy), that gaping hole in the ozone layer really is repairing, IFLScience asks why so few international organizations have responded to Trump and Musk’s attack on US science, humans have been making bone tools 1 million years longer than we realized, and what’s the most painful bug sting? One brave scientist penned poetic descriptions of their experiences. So, sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down… Links: Woolly mouse Elephant pluripotent stem cells Vaccine for baby elephants 3D-printed penis Ozone hole recovering Attack on science response Bone tool use 4 worst insect stings Blob-headed fish CURIOUS magazine…

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Rat Sommeliers, Glass Brain, And Internet On Mars 31:58

πριν 7 weeks31:58

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This week on Break It Down: the curious tale of a lump of glass that turned out to be a human brain, the US sees its first measles death in 10 years, rats make great sommeliers, the evolutionary origins of feathers in dinosaurs, AI bots start speaking a secret language to each other, and could we get internet on Mars? Quite possible. So, sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down… Links: Brain glass Brain in a bucket Measles death Rat sommeliers Hamsters quaffing wine Dinosaur feathers AI language Twin telepathy Mars internet CURIOUS Polar bear dens More podcasts! Bobbly giraffe…

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Most Dangerous Animal, Tomb Discovery, And How To Break Habits 35:30

πριν 8 weeks35:30

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This week on Break It Down: the first ancient Egyptian royal tomb has been discovered since Tutankhamun over 100 years ago, a brand new ‘dangerous animal’ scale reveals the realistic threat of different creatures, architects are operating on land and at the deepest parts of the ocean (they just don’t look how you imagine), a Paralympian becomes the first astronaut with a disability to be cleared for a space mission, the Moon is getting 4G for the first time ever, and how do you break a habit? We find out. So, sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down … Links: Ancient Egyptian tomb Crespo scale Animal architects Termite mounds Paralympian astronaut Moon internet Breaking habits Intelligent snake We Have Questions Murderous turtles Chia egg…

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Dolphin Pee Party, Inside Asteroid Response, And That Ancient Mummy Smell 40:39

πριν 9 weeks40:39

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This week on Break It Down: Amazon river dolphins are saying it with urine proudly sprayed directly into the air, an inside look at the planetary defense response to asteroid 2024 YR4 (and no, it isn’t too late), find out what mummies smell like thanks to a team of “sniffers”, whale song follows Zipf’s Law, red light therapy – does it actually work? And say hello to kama muta, the emotion we've all felt but probably don’t know the name for. So, sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down… Links: Dolphin pee Asteroid 2024 YR4 Ancient mummy smell Whale song Blue whale whispers Red light therapy Kama muta We Have Questions Vengeful Valentine’s…

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Science Under Attack, Dino-Era Ducks, And Do We Own Our Bodies? 41:33

πριν 10 weeks41:33

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This week on Break It Down: the world's oldest runestone might have been carved by a woman in a language that predates the Vikings, asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.3 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032 (but we’re not panicking yet), an ancient jawbone might reveal a new branch of the hominid family tree, science in the US is under attack after a slew of executive orders from the Trump administration, a fossil from Antarctica suggests ducks have been swimming around for a lot longer than we thought and we explore whether we actually own our bodies. So sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down… Links: Oldest runestone Asteroid New human relative Why are we the only surviving human species? Science under attack Dino-era ducks Do we own our bodies? Wound Man CURIOUS Magazine Worst diving accident Rescued frogs…

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Covid Lab Leak, Mouse With Two Dads, And Are We Living In A Simulation? 44:20

πριν 11 weeks44:20

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This week on Break It Down: A CIA report says the origins of COVID being a lab leak is “likely” but what does that really mean? The Doomsday Clock ticks closer to humanity's destruction, asteroid Bennu’s sample contains the building blocks of life (but not aliens), the oldest poison arrow dates back 7,000 years, a mouse with two male parents survives to adulthood in a world first, “boomerasking” might be the social snub of 2025, and we enter The Vault to explore why people believe in the Simulation Hypothesis. So sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down… Links: COVID lab leak Doomsday Clock Bennu samples Bennu lid is stuck Oldest poisoned arrow Mouse with two dads Boomerasking Phubbing Simulation Hypothesis CURIOUS Magazine Science Hoaxes Salamander Toes…

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Pompeii’s Worst Day, Peeing Together, And The GOAT Dinosaur Movie? 37:17

πριν 12 weeks37:17

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This week on Break It Down: a new timeline shows exactly when and how the eruption of Vesuvius spread, chimps have been observed going to the bathroom together all at the same time, trust in science remains high worldwide despite recent global events, sex differences between male and female brains are present as early as newborn babies, and did COVID lockdowns actually affect the temperature on the Moon? Finally, what’s the best dino movie of all time? We asked the experts to find out. So sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down… Links Pompeii Trust in science Covid and the Moon Sex differences in brains Chimps pee together Just in case pee Yawning is contagious Best dino movie Fire melanism Rare black king penguin Corals on the move Curious magazine Subscribe to IFLS…

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Thylacine De-Extinction, Tattooed Mummies, And A Meteorite World-First 29:43

πριν 13 weeks29:43

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This week on Break It Down: lasers revealed 1,200-year-old mummies’ sweet tats, the mission to de-extinct the thylacine takes a leap forward, video footage of a meteorite hitting someone’s garden might be a world first, China announces plans to build the solar power station equivalent of “Three Gorges Dam” in space, researchers discover an Iron Age society ruled by women, and how did dinosaurs have sex? We find out from palaeontologist Riley Black what we do (and don’t) know so far. So, sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down… Links: Tattooed mummies Thylacine de-extinction Meteorite strike Can you keep meteorites you find? Solar power in space Iron Age women Dinosaur sex How did dinosaurs have sex? Podcast Alligators’ penile jack-in-a-box How did the chicken lose its penis? We Have Questions Subscribe Skrunkly crab Sunfish popcorn larva…

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Precious Penis Bone, North America’s Oldest Dino, And The Mystical Metal Of "Atlantis" 28:16

πριν 14 weeks28:16

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This week on Break It Down : unexpected and unexplained structures have been discovered hiding under the Pacific Ocean, the oldest equatorial dinosaur fossil in the world dates back a whopping 230 million years, a painted dog penis bone has been found in a ritual shaft in England (some puns write themselves), cave art from France could be the oldest 3D map in the world, Nobel Prize winners can go loopy (and start talking to raccoons) after winning, and what was Plato talking about when he described a metal "more precious than anything except gold?” So, sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down … Links: Unexplained structures Oldest equatorial dinosaur Painted penis bone Oldest 3D map Nobel Disease Orichalcum metal Nobody’s looking for Atlantis How do sunken cities end up underwater CURIOUS magazine More podcasts Wildfires in LA Fish that mates a lot Face-planting frog…

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Saiga Mega Victory, 2025 Predictions, And A Coming Star Explosion 17:08

πριν 15 weeks17:08

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This week on Break It Down : one of the most significant mammal recoveries ever recorded (and four other wildlife wins), a once-in-a-lifetime event is about to kick off in space, spookily accurate predictions made by a “professor” 100 years ago, an undersea volcano is about to erupt, scientists achieve a world-first embryo milestone on the path to giraffe IVF, and 100 years since Hubble proved the universe is unimaginably vast, we explore how he did it. So sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down … Links: Saiga antelope recovery Coronae borealis nova event Spooky 2025 predictions Undersea volcano eruption World-first giraffe embryo breakthrough 100 years since Hubble proved the Universe is massive DNA phenotyping How many ants are there in the world?…

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A New North Pole, Bubble-Butt Turtles, And Testing Ancient Hangover Cures 30:58

πριν 17 weeks30:58