This week on Break It Down: a new study has become the first to document what sound a shark makes, Neptune has been confirmed to have an aurora thanks to the best telescope ever, a pipeline construction site turned up the terrifying claw of a new species of therizinosaur, why people are trying to prevent measles with Vitamin A (and why it won’t work), 400-million-year-old fossils may belong to a new branch on the tree of life, and the growing role of psilocybin in new medications inspired by magic mushrooms.
So, sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down…
Links:
<a href='https://www.iflscience.com/want-to-hear-what-a-shark-sounds-like-study-captures-first-ever-shark-noise-recordings-78566'>Shark sounds</a>
<a href='https://www.iflscience.com/world-first-approach-to-save-corals-plays-their-babies-a-reef-soundtrack-73843'>Hear a coral reef</a>
<a href='https://www.iflscience.com/sharks-are-450-million-years-old-meaning-they-were-here-before-trees-73096'>Sharks existed before Saturn’s rings</a>
<a href='https://www.iflscience.com/neptunes-lost-aurorae-first-hinted-at-36-years-ago-has-been-captured-for-first-time-78562'>Neptune’s aurora</a>
<a href='https://www.iflscience.com/new-species-of-90-million-year-old-therizinosaur-shocks-scientists-with-unusual-trait-never-seen-before-78547'>New therizinosaur</a>
<a href='https://www.iflscience.com/vitamin-a-should-not-be-used-as-a-home-remedy-for-measles-doctors-warn-78591'>Measles and Vitamin A</a>
<a href='https://www.iflscience.com/dietary-supplements-causing-severe-liver-injuries-some-requiring-transplants-on-the-rise-60502'>Supplements and liver injury</a>
<a href='https://www.iflscience.com/the-first-giant-land-organism-may-require-a-new-branch-on-the-tree-of-life-78555'>New branch of life?</a>
<a href='https://www.iflscience.com/psilocybin-how-science-is-turning-magic-mushrooms-into-medicine-78255'>Magic mushroom medicine</a>
<a href='https://www.iflscience.com/podcasts/we-have-questions'>We Have Questions</a> – <a href='https://www.iflscience.com/iflscience-we-have-questions-how-do-you-rediscover-a-lost-species-78530'>How do you rediscover a “lost species”?</a>
<a href='https://www.youtube.com/@IFLScienceOfficial'>Videos galore</a>
<a href='https://www.iflscience.com/rare-melanistic-gentoo-penguin-chick-spotted-in-antarctica-with-the-goofiest-grin-78575'>Melanistic penguin</a>
<a href='https://www.iflscience.com/curious-magazine'>CURIOUS magazine</a>