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Your bite-size guide to this week in science. Join hosts Eleanor Higgs and Rachael Funnell as they discuss the biggest news stories of the week with guests from the IFLScience team and maybe even a surprise expert or two. So, let’s Break It Down…

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

πριν 5 μέρες38:52

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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

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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 19 μέρες35:30

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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 26 μέρες40:39

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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 5 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 6 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 7 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 8 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 9 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 10 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 12 weeks30:58

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This week on Break It Down: Earth’s magnetic pole is in a new position, the second most cited paper to ever be withdrawn is finally retracted, Charlotte the bubble-butted turtle gets a special swimming harness, The Blob’s legacy marks the worst single-species mortality event in modern history, a Roman solution to Mars suggests blood makes for great cement, and we send one of our writers on a mission to test out ancient hangover cures. Anyone for cabbage? Links: Magnetic pole movements Paper retracted Turtle “bubble butt” The Blob mortality event Blood houses on Mars Ancient hangover cures We Have Questions Sign up to receive CURIOUS The Big Questions Pacific sleeper shark…

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Deep-Sea Creep, Jupiter's New Ring, And Inter-Hominid Hook-Ups 34:49

πριν 13 weeks34:49

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This week on Break It Down: fishers discover a mysterious tablet bearing an unknown language, sequencing the oldest human genome reveals when we first bred with Neanderthals, Jupiter’s got a shiny new ring, a new predator captured in the darkest depths of the Atacama Trench, working out the rules to an ancient boardgame, and can donor organs transfer memories? Transplant patients report strange personality changes. So sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down… Links: Mysterious tablet Complaint tablet Sequencing the oldest human genome Jupiter’s new ring Sharks older than Saturn’s rings Deep-sea predator Ancient boardgame The Big Questions Donor organs and memory Piggyback heart transplant Guitarfish True crime We Have Questions Subscribe…

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Cannibal Paddington, Glowing Wood, And A New Human Species? 33:59

πριν 14 weeks33:59

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This week on Break It Down: scientists may have discovered a new ancient relative of humans, collar cameras from Andean bears reveal Paddington may have a taste for cubs, we’ve been paying the salmon tax to dogs for 2,000 years more than thought, new biohybrid wood glows green in the dark, diamond batteries could last for thousands of years, and it turns out spaceports make for remarkably good wildlife sanctuaries. So sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down… Links: New human species Cannibalistic Paddington Ancient dog friends Sign up to CURIOUS Glowing wood Diamond battery Spaceports and nature The Big Questions Genghis Khan Frosty the orca True Crime: Harold Shipman Wisdom the albatross has laid an egg…

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Killer Whale Fashion, Dinosaur Poop, And Pluto’s Birthday 21:56

πριν 15 weeks21:56

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This week on Break It Down : killer whales have been wearing salmon hats (again) and sucking out the livers of the world’s largest shark, 1.5-million-year-old footprints reveal Homo erectus co-existed with a now-extinct protohuman, fossil dinosaur poop and vomit indicate their rise to power began with plants, we have a date for when Pluto will complete its first orbit since we discovered the non-planet (don’t hold your breath), COVID-19 may hold the key to shrinking tumors, and we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Lucy's discovery, a moment that changed our understanding of human evolution. So, sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down … Links: Killer whale fashion Killer whales eating whale sharks 1.5-million-year-old footprints Dinosaur poop and vomit Pluto’s birthday COVID-19 shrinking tumors Lucy’s legacy True crime: Colin Pitchfork Subscribe CURIOUS magazine…

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World’s Thinnest Spaghetto, Earth’s Frozen Core, And A Shark-Hunting Dog? 29:54

πριν 16 weeks29:54