Artificial Eclipse, Dancing Dinosaurs, And 50 Years Of “JAWS”

This week on Break It Down: Two spacecraft just created the first ever artificial solar eclipse, thanks to some impressive drone photos we know now dancing dinosaurs might have been leaping around to impress females in Colorado, a child from the world's oldest burial site appears to be a Neanderthal-Homo sapiens hybrid, for the first time we know what a Denisovan face looks like, a medical breakthrough means we could have a vaccine against HIV (if only anyone could buy it), and 50 years after JAWS was released, we take a look at the lasting impact on shark conservation the blockbuster movie made. Available on all your favorite podcast apps: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, Amazon Music, and more.

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Artificial solar eclipse

Dancing dinos

Hybrid child

Denisovan skull

HIV vaccine

JAWS 50 Years On

Papahānaumokuākea marine conservation

Ghost Elephant

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