Ice Age Puppies, Sauropod’s Last Supper, And A First Look At The Sun’s Butt

This week on Break It Down: Seeing the Sun’s south pole for the first time ever, Ice Age puppies frozen in permafrost turn out to be wolves, a world-first fossil discovery reveals a sauropod’s final meal, “razor blade throat” and a traveling nimbus reveal what to expect from the new COVID variant, the deepest map of the universe now reaches 13.5 billion years into the past, and is giving nature a personhood a good way to get it better legal protections? Maybe. Available on all your favorite podcast apps: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, Amazon Music, and more.

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Sun’s butt

Permafrost puppies

Sauropod stomach contents

Her name is ANN

Tyrannosaur stomach contents

COVID variant

Deepest map of the universe

Should nature have personhood?

UNDERDOGS

Ed the Zebra

The Big Questions returns