IFLScience - Break It Down

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.

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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