IFLScience - Break It Down

This week in Break It Down, the first-ever photographs of humpbacks humping involves two males, NASA changes the shape of an asteroid, a tiny fish makes a big din, some very old megaliths in Peru, the heaviest animal on the planet, and the bizarre story of one of the biggest astrophysical discoveries in recent times.

Sit back, relax, and let’s break it down...

Links:

Queer nature: https://youtu.be/RXE11Ia70GQ

Male whales: https://www.iflscience.com/first-ever-photos-of-humpback-whale-sex-involve-two-males-73150

Megaliths: https://www.iflscience.com/ancient-4750-year-old-megalith-discovered-on-peruvian-mountain-73114

Tiny noisy fish: https://www.iflscience.com/12-millimeter-long-small-brained-fish-can-make-sound-as-loud-as-a-jet-plane-73153

Heaviest animal: https://www.iflscience.com/blue-whale-back-on-top-as-heaviest-animal-ever-to-live-on-planet-earth-73175

Smashing asteroids: https://www.iflscience.com/nasa-hit-an-asteroid-so-hard-it-completely-changed-its-shape-73125

Gravitational waves: https://www.iflscience.com/the-bizarre-behind-the-scenes-story-of-the-first-ever-detection-of-gravitational-waves-73164

Earth Core Video : https://youtu.be/zDd_375k4jo

Perpetual Stew Video: https://youtu.be/9G45eXJMWHk

Space Spiders And Adam Sandler: https://www.iflscience.com/space-spiders-and-adam-sandler-welcome-to-the-love-story-that-is-netflixs-spaceman-73184

This week in Break It Down, we discuss how a Will Smith series led to the discovery of a new species of giant anaconda, plus the smallest star ever discovered, lab-grown testicles, an electric vehicle breakthrough, sophisticated Neanderthal glue, and how to destroy a dinner party by dropping the question: is math discovered or invented?

Sit back, relax, and let’s break it down…

Links:

New species of giant anaconda: https://www.iflscience.com/new-giant-anaconda-species-discovered-while-filming-with-will-smith-in-amazon-73027

Smallest star ever discovered: https://www.iflscience.com/smallest-star-ever-discovered-and-its-only-a-tiny-bit-bigger-than-earth-73035

Lab-grown testicles: https://www.iflscience.com/first-ever-lab-grown-testicles-may-be-capable-of-producing-sperm-73038

Electric vehicle breakthrough: https://www.iflscience.com/breakthrough-could-make-electric-cars-go-1000-kilometers-on-one-charge-73059

Neanderthal glue: https://www.iflscience.com/40000-year-old-multi-compound-glue-suggests-neanderthals-were-smarter-than-we-thought-73056

Math: https://www.iflscience.com/is-math-discovered-or-invented-73005

This week in Break It Down, we discuss whether or not an aquarium in the US is about to become home to the world’s first “shingray,” how scientists are sending messages and power from space, a groundbreaking cancer breakthrough, fossil forgeries, and what on Earth a pink fairy armadillo is.

Sit back, relax, and let’s break it down…

Links:

Shingray: https://www.iflscience.com/shark-ray-hybrid-aquarium-suggests-shark-may-have-impregnated-their-lone-stingray-72919

Space lasers and radio messages: https://www.iflscience.com/nasa-just-received-laser-and-radio-messages-together-from-even-deeper-space-72873

Cancer breakthrough: https://www.iflscience.com/13-year-old-boy-cured-of-terminal-brain-tumor-in-world-first-72950

Fossil forgeries: https://www.iflscience.com/280-million-year-old-mystery-solved-as-forged-fossils-skin-identified-as-paint-72976

Power from space: https://www.iflscience.com/earth-has-received-power-beamed-from-a-satellite-in-space-for-the-first-time-72957

Pink fairy armadillos: https://www.iflscience.com/pink-fairies-the-worlds-smallest-armadillo-has-a-unique-double-skin-72954

The oral microbiome: https://www.iflscience.com/what-is-the-oral-microbiome-how-microbes-in-our-mouths-affect-our-health-72948

Bias In Science with Subhadra Das: https://youtu.be/N5n2efjSeg4?si=rtid8eAUuQRjrCnD

CURIOUS Feb issue: https://curious.iflscience.com/issue-19/full-view.html

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