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  1. 1 DAY AGO

    ๐Ÿ”ฌ Humans Could Regrow Limbs? Plus the Vaccine Quietly Saving Heart Patients & a Quantum First

    Scientists studying axolotls, zebrafish, and mice have identified a shared set of genes that may hold the key to human limb regeneration โ€” and a gene therapy approach has already partially restored regrowth in mice. A new shingles vaccine study is turning heads in cardiology after patients with heart disease showed dramatically fewer heart attacks, strokes, and deaths within a year of getting the shot. Researchers have also discovered that THC doesn't just cloud memories โ€” it can fabricate entirely false ones, with major implications for eyewitness testimony and beyond. On the quantum frontier, Oxford physicists have achieved a world-first demonstration of 'quadsqueezing,' unlocking a powerful new tool for the next generation of quantum computers. We also cover a fat cell protein with a secret second job, a bacteria-hijacking cancer therapy, NASA's plasma thruster breakthrough, and a common supplement that may be doing something surprising for your brain.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

    8 min

  2. 2 DAYS AGO

    ๐Ÿ”ฌ An Interstellar Comet Just Arrived โ€” And Its Water Shouldn't Exist

    A rogue comet from outside our solar system is carrying water unlike anything scientists have ever seen, raising urgent questions about what's out there beyond our cosmic neighborhood. Researchers have also uncovered a startling link between a common constipation drug and kidney protection, thanks to a gut bacteria connection nobody saw coming. A massive galaxy spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope has defied all models by showing zero rotation just two billion years after the Big Bang. New gravitational wave data is reshaping how scientists think the universe's largest black holes grow โ€” and the answer involves a violent chain of cosmic collisions. Plus, a Brazilian rainforest tree, eggs and Alzheimer's risk, and a planetary system that should be impossible.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

    8 min

  3. 3 DAYS AGO

    ๐Ÿ”ฌ Scientists Just Broke the Code of Life โ€” Plus Brain Secrets, Cancer Breakthroughs & More

    Researchers have stumbled upon a microscopic organism that defies the near-universal genetic code shared by virtually all life on Earth โ€” rewriting what we thought we knew about the fundamental rules of biology. On the human health front, scientists have identified a chemical difference in the brains of people with anxiety that may be linked to a common nutrient, while two major cancer discoveries โ€” including a molecule that could make drug-resistant cancers treatable again โ€” are turning heads in oncology. MIT neuroscientists have uncovered millions of 'silent synapses' in the adult brain, a hidden reserve of learning capacity that makes up roughly 30% of connections in the adult cortex. Meanwhile, new DNA analysis of a massive Stone Age burial site near Paris reveals a dramatic and mysterious population collapse โ€” and space exploration just got a serious boost with a record-breaking thruster test that could make Mars missions far more viable.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

    9 min

  4. 4 DAYS AGO

    ๐Ÿ”ฌ NASA Just Changed Everything, Voyager 1 Is Running Out of Time & The Mezcal Worm Secret Is Finally Out

    NASA's Artemis II mission has wrapped with stunning results, bringing humanity closer to returning to the Moon than we've been in over 50 years โ€” while at the other end of the universe, Voyager 1 is making desperate moves to survive. Physicists are now proposing an experiment that could prove time itself exists in multiple states at once, which would shatter our fundamental understanding of reality. Ancient fossils, 4,000-year-old clay tablets, and a tyrannosaur with bite marks from one of its own kind are rewriting the story of life on Earth. And after decades of mystery, DNA science has finally revealed the true identity of the so-called worm at the bottom of mezcal bottles โ€” and the answer changes everything you thought you knew.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

    9 min

  5. 5 DAYS AGO

    ๐Ÿ”ฌ Ancient Ocean Overlords, The Milky Way's Hidden Edge & A Neurodevelopmental Disorder You've Never Heard Of

    Scientists have just identified what may be the most common recessive neurodevelopmental disorder ever discovered โ€” and it's been hiding in plain sight until now. Astronomers have finally mapped the true boundary of the Milky Way, while NASA's Curiosity rover turns up organic molecules on Mars that hint at a chemically rich ancient past. A new study reveals that 100 million years ago, giant intelligent octopuses may have dominated the world's oceans in ways we never imagined. Plus: quantum breakthroughs, a rare 150-million-year-old dinosaur skull, Leonardo da Vinci's DNA, and surprising new findings on omega-3 supplements and Alzheimer's research.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

    9 min

  6. 6 DAYS AGO

    ๐Ÿ”ฌ Homer Found Inside a Mummy, Quantum Batteries Charge Instantly & Evolution Is Rewriting Its Own Rules

    Scientists have discovered a fragment of Homer's Iliad embedded inside a 1,600-year-old Egyptian mummy โ€” the first known case of a literary papyrus used in the ancient embalming process. In the Galรกpagos, new research confirms that evolution is actively unfolding right now, with giant daisy plants independently arriving at the same solutions across different lineages. Australian physicists have built the world's first proof-of-concept quantum battery, one that charges nearly instantaneously by exploiting the strange rules of quantum mechanics. A surprising link between cancer-like mutations in brain immune cells and Alzheimer's disease progression has also emerged, alongside a separate discovery of a protein that activates the brain's natural cleanup system. From a Sudanese king once dismissed as legend to a Mars rover that thinks for itself, this week's science news is rewriting what we thought we knew.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

    9 min

  7. 3 MAY

    ๐Ÿ”ฌ Human Hearts Can Regenerate & Scientists Just Found a Way to Kill Zombie Cells

    In a world-first discovery, researchers have found that human heart muscle cells can actually regrow after a cardiac event โ€” a finding that could reshape how we treat heart disease forever. Scientists have also identified a critical vulnerability in so-called 'zombie cells,' opening the door to powerful new cancer and anti-aging therapies. Meanwhile, Johns Hopkins researchers are challenging over a century of neuroscience by revealing that neurons may be structured in a way nobody expected. On the prehistoric front, new research is upending the long-held explanation for why insects once grew to monstrous sizes, and the real answer is stranger than you'd think. Plus: two of America's most dangerous fault lines may be more dangerously linked than we ever realized.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

    9 min

  8. 2 MAY

    ๐Ÿ”ฌ Just Discovered: A Hidden Property of Light, Heart-Protecting Weight Loss Drugs & A 275-Million-Year-Old Creature With a Twisted Jaw

    Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown property of light โ€” finding that it can twist and self-organize entirely on its own, challenging long-held assumptions about how light behaves. A massive new analysis of over 90,000 patients suggests GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Ozempic may offer powerful, lasting protection against heart attacks, strokes, and early death. A 37-year soil warming experiment has delivered an alarming climate wake-up call, suggesting ancient carbon once thought permanently locked underground is now breaking down and releasing into the atmosphere. Paleontologists unearthed a 275-million-year-old creature with a jaw unlike anything alive today, belonging to a lineage that should have already been extinct. Rounding out the episode: NASA captures a Pacific tsunami from space in unprecedented detail, a natural molecule may block Alzheimer's protein clumps, and a newly named spider called Pikelinia floydmuraria hunts prey six times its own size.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

    9 min
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Explore the Universe - One Day at a Time ๐Ÿ”ฌ From space missions and biology breakthroughs to physics, tech, and the wonders of our worldโ€”Science News Daily delivers fast, fascinating science updates to keep your brain buzzing. Whether you're a student, a science lover, or just curious, we've got your daily fix. https://peerreviewd.com

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