This week on Break It Down, elephants have names, the ISS just scared the bejesus out of everybody, how to Benjamin Button yourself in space, grolar bears remain extremely rare, “alien signal” from Mars finally gets decoded, and why London’s Kew Gardens are about to reek of corpses.

Sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down…

Links:

Elephant names: https://www.iflscience.com/african-elephants-call-each-other-by-names-just-like-humans-do-74595

ISS audio whoopsie: https://www.iflscience.com/internet-panics-after-hearing-leaked-audio-from-the-iss-they-were-not-supposed-to-hear-74638

Benjamin Button’ing: https://www.iflscience.com/turns-out-billionaires-can-go-to-space-to-temporarily-benjamin-button-themselves-74642

Grolar bears: https://www.iflscience.com/grolar-bear-hybrids-are-extremely-rare-with-just-8-confirmed-individuals-74652

Mars “alien signal”: https://www.iflscience.com/alien-signal-from-mars-finally-decoded-one-year-on-74625

Corpse flower: https://www.iflscience.com/extraordinary-corpse-flower-blooms-in-kew-gardens-and-we-were-there-to-see-it-74649

Cosmic ray factory: https://youtu.be/djz32NHixgc?si=6qVCI7kP2Wk-a5GJ

CURIOUS magazine: https://www.iflscience.com/curious-magazine

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A Little Gay Natural History: https://www.nhmshop.co.uk/a-little-gay-natural-history.html

Queer animals talk: https://youtu.be/RXE11Ia70GQ?si=i7U5F1QuKsXO-Lbk