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

20/06/2025 36 min Episodio 68
Artificial Eclipse, Dancing Dinosaurs, And 50 Years Of “JAWS”

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