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World’s Thinnest Spaghetto, Earth’s Frozen Core, And A Shark-Hunting Dog

Sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down in episode 41...

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Charlie Haigh

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Charlie Haigh

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Charlie has an undergraduate degree in Forensic Psychology and writes on topics from zoology and psychology to herpetology.

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Charlie has an undergraduate degree in Forensic Psychology and writes on topics from zoology and psychology to herpetology.View full profile

Charlie has an undergraduate degree in Forensic Psychology and writes on topics from zoology and psychology to herpetology.

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All the biggest science news stories of the week.

Episode 41 of Break It Down.

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This week on Break It Down, astronomers have taken the first-ever close-up photo of a star outside of the Milky Way, putting weight back on after losing it could be down to your fat cells' “memories”, the mystery surrounding the Earth’s inner core “freezing”, footage shows a “giant” virus infecting a cell for the first time, the world’s thinnest spaghetto is 200 times narrower than a hair, and meet Dadu, a shark-hunting dog who survived alone on a remote island for nearly a year, and then became beloved. Available on all your favorite podcast apps: Apple PodcastsSpotifyPodbeanAmazon Music, and more.

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So, sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down…

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Star outside the Milky Way

Fat cell “memories”

Earth’s inner core

Giant virus

Thinnest spaghetti

Shark-hunting dog

Dog shoving children in the Seine

Shipwreck whiskey

Largest coral

True Crime In Science

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