Wellness Whales, A New Blood Type, And A DJ Set From Space

This week on Break It Down: feast your eyes on the stunning first images from the world’s largest digital camera, capturing millions of galaxies and thousands of new asteroids. Why killer whales are rubbing each other luxuriously with seaweed, the world’s oldest rocks aren’t that much younger than the planet, mice born from two dads prove they’re fertile, a French woman becomes the only known person in the world with a new kind of blood type, and we celebrate 50 years of the European Space Agency with a special interview with astronaut Luca Parmitano.

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

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World’s largest digital camera

Vera C Rubin images of space

Be the first to spot a galaxy

Orcas allokelping

World’s oldest rocks

Mice with two dads

Brand new blood type

Can we make blood?

50 years of ESA

Brain uploads

Bonus episode of We Have Questions

Dolphins help a lost whale