This week on Break It Down: the curious tale of a lump of glass that turned out to be a human brain, the US sees its first measles death in 10 years, rats make great sommeliers, the evolutionary origins of feathers in dinosaurs, AI bots start speaking a secret language to each other, and could we get internet on Mars? Quite possible.
So, sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down…
Links:
<a href='https://www.iflscience.com/the-eruption-of-vesuvius-turned-this-guys-brain-into-glass-78238'>Brain glass</a>
<a href='https://www.iflscience.com/what-a-2600yearold-brain-taught-us-about-proteins-neurons-and-hungover-epiphanies-62992'>Brain in a bucket</a>
<a href='https://www.iflscience.com/us-sees-first-measles-death-since-2015-as-texas-outbreak-grows-78235'>Measles death</a>
<a href='https://www.iflscience.com/rats-are-surprisingly-good-sommeliers-and-can-distinguish-between-white-wines-78241'>Rat sommeliers</a>
<a href='https://www.iflscience.com/hamsters-can-quaff-the-equivalent-of-21-bottles-of-wine-a-day-62043'>Hamsters quaffing wine</a>
<a href='https://www.iflscience.com/did-anything-have-feathers-before-the-dinosaurs-78204'>Dinosaur feathers</a>
<a href='https://www.iflscience.com/watch-two-ais-realize-they-are-not-talking-to-humans-and-switch-to-their-own-language-78213'>AI language</a>
<a href='https://www.iflscience.com/is-twin-telepathy-real-70106'>Twin telepathy</a>
<a href='https://www.iflscience.com/how-nasa-could-bring-high-speed-internet-to-mars-77835'>Mars internet</a>
<a href='https://www.iflscience.com/curious-magazine'>CURIOUS</a>
<a href='https://www.iflscience.com/incredibly-rare-footage-shows-polar-bear-cubs-emerging-from-dens-in-unprecedented-detail-78234'>Polar bear dens</a>
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