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• Tropical Mammoths, Dazzling Brain Map, And Perfectly Preserved Pterosaurs

  This week on Break It Down: Queen ants are throwing the rules of reproduction out of the window by producing offspring of two different species, for the first time ever we have a complete map of brain activity and boy is it pretty, a new lineage of tropical mammoths have been discovered in Mexico, 150 million-year-old baby pterosaurs have been perfectly preserved thanks to some stormy weather, the controversy surrounding whether Homo naledi might have buried their dead is back, and we explore just how big the biggest egg on Earth really was. So, sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down... Links: Ants Brain map Upload your brain Tropical mammoths Bacteria on mammoth teeth Perfect baby pterosaurs Cougar submerged Homo naledi Biggest Egg The Big Questions Podcast

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• Glowing Plants, Punk Ankylosaur, And Has The Wow! Signal Been Solved?

  This week on Break It Down: Think you know Earth? Think again; a new campaign is trying to overturn the highly erroneous map we were all taught in school. A new injection can make succulents glow pretty much any color you like, and better yet, they’re rechargeable. An intriguing new theory to explain the legendary Wow! Signal makes a convincing case. Turns out the oldest known ankylosaur was also ridiculously spiky with a trait we’ve never seen in any vertebrate – living or extinct – before. See the first 3D digital analysis of the only person known to have a proton beam go through their head, and why does frozen seafood glow? Why indeed. So, sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down… Links: Silly map Pacific Ocean antipodes Glowing plants Wow! Signal Punky ankylosaur Proton beam to the head Glowing seafood The Big Questions – What Will The Fossils Of The Future Look Like? CURIOUS Magazine

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• Shaman Training Cave, Uranus's New Moon, And A Bright Orange Shark

  This week on Break It Down: Tracks left in ancient rock suggest fish crawled out of the seas 10 million years earlier than we thought, a 140,000-year-old child’s skull is the earliest evidence Neanderthals and Homo sapiens got it on yet, a bright orange nurse shark makes history as the first example of xanthism in this species and in the Caribbean Sea, JWST spots a new moon around Uranus, bringing its total up to 29, cave paintings from the French Pyrenees suggest a dangerous “shaman training cave”, and what did ancient people think when they discovered fossils? Griffins, cyclops, or something else entirely?  So, sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down… Fossil trackways Neanderthals and Homo sapiens Only surviving human species Bright orange shark Orange crocs Uranus’ new moon Shaman Training Cave Finding fossils We Have Questions Podcast Northern white rhinos Giraffes are now four species

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• Orange Crocodiles, New Human Species, And Death By Meteorite

  This week on Break It Down: The discovery of some fossilized human teeth reveals the oldest known members of our genus weren’t alone; their neighbors were a species we’ve never found before. A world-first study reveals that sex reversal is surprisingly common in wild Australian birds. A law of abbreviation that mysteriously fits all human languages also applies to bird song from several species. Orange crocodiles lurking deep within caves in Central Africa have the potential to become a new dwarf species. The lack of a standardized definition is holding back long COVID research. And has anybody ever died by getting hit by a meteorite? The records show: just one.   So, sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down…   Links: New human species HUMAN with Ella Al-Shamahi Tunnel of bones Sex reversal in wild birds Zipf’s law applies to birds Orange crocodiles Defining long COVID Death by meteorite Why do we feel pain? Interview with Chris Hemsworth and Dr BJ Miller The Big Questions – Will We Ever Get A Universal Flu Vaccine? We Have Questions

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• Dancing Cockatoos, Spider Schlongs, And Will I Be Hit By An Asteroid?

  This week on Break It Down: cockatoos have added 17 new dance moves to their official tally, we may finally know where the ancient “hobbit” humans came from, four new species of tarantulas have been discovered with one key difference to other species, science has the answer as to whether you're more likely to be killed by an asteroid or an elephant, RFK Jr uses misinformation to pull millions of dollars from mRNA vaccine research, and we discuss how science fiction is helping scientists explore possible futures.    So, sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down…   Links: Dancing cockatoos Hobbit humans Why Are We The Only Surviving Human Species Four new tarantulas Asteroid risk RFK Jr pulls funding COVID vaccines saved 2.5 millions lives mRNA vaccine research wins Nobel Prize Science fiction helps science Why Are Yawns Contagious? How Has The Internet Changed The Way We Use Language? How Do Black Holes Shape The Universe? Curious Magazine

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