Mummified Cheetahs, Skin Cells Turn Into Eggs, And Almost Life On Enceladus

This week on Break It Down: the second oldest use of the color blue ever has been discovered in Europe dating back 13,000 years, “chemical fossils” suggest the oldest life on Earth may have been sponges 541 million years ago, skin cells have been turned into fertilizable egg cells thanks to some pretty nifty genetics research, the world’s first naturally mummified big cats have been found in a cave in Saudi Arabia, complex chemistry coming from Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus could be a big clue to eventually finding life in the Solar System, and we remember the pioneering scientist Jane Goodall and her incredible life. Available on all your favorite podcast apps: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, Amazon Music, and more.

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Blue pigment

Oldest animals

Skin cells

Babies born with genes from three people

Mitochondrial disease 

Mummified cheetahs

Enceladus

Goodbye Jane Goodall

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