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?

Sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down in episode 70...

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Charlie Haigh

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Charlie is the Marketing Coordinator and Writer for IFLScience, she’s currently completing a undergraduate degree in Forensic Psychology.

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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. Available on all your favorite podcast apps: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean, Amazon Music, and more.

Break It Down is the audio edition of our This Week In Science newsletter – create an account to get all the biggest science news, and new podcast episodes, delivered straight to your inbox weekly.

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 million lives

mRNA vaccine research wins Nobel Prize

Science fiction helps science

Why Are Yawns Contagious?

How Has The Internet Changed The Way We Use Language?

How Do Black Holes Shape The Universe? 

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