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Your bite-size guide to this week in science. Join hosts Eleanor Higgs and Rachael Funnell as they discuss the biggest news stories of the week with guests from the IFLScience team and maybe even a surprise expert or two. So, let’s Break It Down…
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Friday Apr 25, 2025
Friday Apr 25, 2025
This week, on Break It Down: a planet with a very rare tail is being boiled apart, the first physical evidence of a gladiator fighting a lion discovered in Britain, scientists are tattooing tardigrades (for science), what’s happening in your brain during a mind blank, the grim fashion of “bone collector” caterpillars, and five health risks associated with tobacco use that don’t include lung cancer.
So, sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down…
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Boiled-apart planet
Gladiator VS lion
Tattooed tardigrades
Mind blanks
Bone collector caterpillars
Tobacco effects
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