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

IFLScience - Break It Down

August 8, 202535m 16s

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Show Notes

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…

 

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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


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How Has The Internet Changed The Way We Use Language?


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