This week on Break It Down, a puppy gets a post-mortem 44,000 years after being frozen in permafrost, altruism found among Neanderthals in Down Syndrome case, the world’s largest terrestrial mammal migration is recorded in East Africa, a robot’s fleshy smile that will haunt your nightmares, NASA is being sued, and the Tunguska Event may have been caused by *checks notes* a primordial black hole ripping through Earth. Right.

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

Links:

Frozen wolf: https://www.iflscience.com/a-44000-year-old-wolf-frozen-in-permafrost-may-still-contain-living-bacteria-74848

Bog body whoopsies: https://www.iflscience.com/a-man-confessed-to-murdering-his-wife-but-the-body-turned-out-to-be-1600-years-old-59326

Neanderthals: https://www.iflscience.com/neanderthal-child-with-down-syndrome-highlights-altruism-among-ancient-humans-74828

World’s largest migration: https://www.iflscience.com/six-million-animals-make-moves-in-the-worlds-largest-land-mammal-migration-74827

Robot smile: https://www.iflscience.com/watch-this-uncanny-robot-face-grin-and-frown-thanks-to-self-healing-lab-grown-human-skin-74824

Weird robot finger: https://www.iflscience.com/this-robotic-finger-has-living-skin-made-from-human-cells-that-can-heal-63984

Suing NASA: https://www.iflscience.com/family-sues-nasa-in-unprecedented-case-after-piece-of-iss-smashes-into-their-house-74787

Primordial black hole: https://www.iflscience.com/physicists-once-proposed-the-tunguska-event-was-caused-by-a-black-hole-passing-through-earth-74813

The Big Questions: https://www.iflscience.com/iflscience-the-big-questions-why-are-we-the-only-surviving-human-species-74807

Sign up to CURIOUS: https://www.iflscience.com/can-you-think-yourself-well-find-out-more-in-issue-23-of-curious-out-now-74445

Science facts video: https://youtu.be/37LxKjPaxWM?si=CnOjTLLmMrDA9RBU