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🔬 Scientists Just Found Massive Structures Controlling Earth's Magnetic Field—For Millions of Years

2026-02-0511:18

This week on Peer Review'd: Researchers discover enormous hidden zones deep inside Earth that have been quietly orchestrating our planet's protective magnetic field since before humans existed. Plus, new evidence reveals how Epstein-Barr virus may trigger multiple sclerosis, a massive Swedish study upends everything we thought we knew about autism diagnosis rates between males and females, and scientists design bacteria-killing viruses from scratch to combat antibiotic-resistant superbugs. We also explore surprising findings about infant brain development, Long COVID's immune signature, and AI swarms manipulating political conversations online.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

🔬 Scientists Just Found Why Your Gut Bacteria Are Hijacking Your Cells

2026-02-0408:01

This episode reveals groundbreaking discoveries that challenge what we thought we knew about our world. Learn how a simple water level adjustment in Arctic peatlands could combat climate change, why gut bacteria are directly manipulating human cells in ways never seen before, and how melting Antarctic ice might paradoxically weaken Earth's carbon absorption. We also explore the newly mapped magnetic skeleton of the Milky Way, a potential breakthrough against deadly superbugs, and why WiFi networks could become an invisible surveillance system tracking you without your phone.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

🔬 Earth-Sized Planet Found Near Habitable Zone, Dark Matter Blueprint Mapped, and Your Brain's Hidden Memory Networks Revealed

2026-02-0307:36

This episode explores groundbreaking discoveries across astronomy, neuroscience, and quantum physics. Scientists map dark matter's invisible framework using the James Webb Space Telescope, revealing how it shaped the early universe. Researchers challenge decades of memory science by finding semantic and episodic memories activate nearly identical brain networks. Plus, astronomers solve a 50-year mystery about why nearby galaxies appear to flee from us, and quantum physicists suggest the entire universe may be fundamentally entangled. From hidden mega-structures in Earth's interior to breakthrough catalysts that convert CO2 into clean fuel, these findings are reshaping our understanding of reality itself.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

🔬 Scientists Just Discovered Humans Have a Hidden 'Seventh Sense' You've Been Using All Along

2026-02-0206:13

In this episode, we explore groundbreaking discoveries reshaping what we know about biology and perception. Learn about newly discovered evidence that humans possess a 'seventh sense' called remote touch—the first finding of its kind. We examine 97-million-year-old fossils revealing the ancient origins of animal magnetic navigation, and uncover how baby dinosaurs formed the backbone of Jurassic food chains. Plus, discover how Antarctic ice loss is affecting ocean carbon absorption in unexpected ways, and meet the robot team designed to explore lunar lava tubes for future Moon bases.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

🔬 Continents Split Where Scientists Never Expected: What New Rift Studies Just Revealed

2026-02-0104:24

This week's Peer Review'd covers groundbreaking discoveries across multiple fields. Learn why Earth's crust fractures in unexpected places based on new East African Rift research, how physicists discovered hidden geometry in quantum materials that bends electrons like gravity, and what Jupiter's clouds finally revealed about our solar system's formation. We also explore a massive freshwater reservoir hiding beneath the Great Salt Lake, how AI systems are now developing 'inner speech' to learn faster, and why termites built mega societies by losing genes rather than gaining them. Plus, alarming new links between oral bacteria and breast cancer that researchers just uncovered.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

🔬 Cholera Toxin Shrinks Tumors & Living Bacteria Found Inside Kidney Stones

2026-01-3108:01

This episode reveals groundbreaking discoveries that challenge everything we thought we knew about disease and treatment. Scientists discover a cholera toxin that targets cancer tumors without harming healthy tissue, while another team finds living bacteria thriving inside kidney stones—suggesting we've been treating them wrong all along. We explore why ultra-processed foods trick our natural nutritional instincts, how a nasal spray could stop the next pandemic, and why gray wolves in Alaska have started hunting sea otters in a behavior scientists never expected to witness. Plus: ancient human fossils fill critical gaps in our evolutionary timeline, and a mysterious cosmic object is sending signals unlike anything astronomers have ever seen.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

🔬 Baby Dinosaurs Were Fast Food & Every Cancer Vaccine Patient Still Alive After 20 Years

2026-01-3008:02

This episode explores groundbreaking research revealing how vulnerable baby sauropods sustained entire prehistoric ecosystems, plus remarkable results from a 20-year cancer vaccine trial where every participant with metastatic breast cancer remains alive. We also cover walking sharks that defy reproduction biology, PFOA's impact on early pregnancy, and the discovery of protein building blocks forming naturally in deep space. Plus, hidden insects in Goethe's amber collection, nanoplastics making bacteria more dangerous, and Jupiter's moon Europa quietly delivering nutrients to its subsurface ocean.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

🔬 Tiny Brain Vessels Just Quadrupled Your Dementia Risk—Plus Dark Stars That Could Rewrite Cosmology

2026-01-2910:20

A massive study of nearly 2 million people reveals how protein buildup in brain blood vessels quadruples dementia risk within five years. Scientists propose 'dark stars'—hypothetical objects powered by dark matter—to explain impossible early universe mysteries captured by the James Webb telescope. Quantum computing breakthroughs using diamond defects could finally unlock million-qubit systems, while researchers discover cancer cells sabotage immunotherapy by releasing immune-blocking proteins that statins can stop. Plus: why your air fryer is healthier than traditional cooking, how one gene controls gut bacteria defense, and the troubling link between fat distribution patterns and accelerated brain aging.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

🔬 Men's Heart Risk Jumps 7 Years Earlier Than Thought—Plus What Edison Accidentally Invented

2026-01-2807:37

This week's episode unpacks groundbreaking cardiovascular research revealing men's heart disease risk begins climbing in their mid-thirties, years before standard screening protocols kick in. We explore how wild blueberries could revolutionize heart health, why the common Toxoplasma parasite is far more dangerous than scientists believed, and the Solar Orbiter's stunning discovery of how solar flares are born. Plus, a materials science bombshell suggests Thomas Edison may have created graphene over a century before its official discovery, and archaeologists in China are rewriting the timeline of human innovation with 160,000-year-old tools that reveal unexpected sophistication.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

🔬 Ancient Mars Had Tropical Rain, New Evidence Confirms

2026-01-2708:26

Scientists have discovered bright white kaolinite rocks on Mars that only form after millions of years of heavy rainfall in warm, humid environments—suggesting the Red Planet was once far more Earth-like than previously imagined. This episode also explores a paradigm-shifting study revealing that different types of memory may rely on overlapping brain regions, challenging decades of neuroscience assumptions. Plus: how mysterious 500-million-year-old fossils were preserved, definitive evidence that humans moved Stonehenge's massive bluestones, and breakthroughs in understanding superconductivity that could revolutionize technology. From the cosmos to the brain, today's discoveries are rewriting textbooks.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

🔬 Scientists Just Found What's Erasing Alzheimer's Memories—Plus the Brain Implant Smaller Than a Grain of Salt

2026-01-2607:21

New research reveals how Alzheimer's may trick the brain into destroying its own memories, while protective neural structures hold the key to preserving who we recognize. Engineers unveil a wireless brain implant smaller than a grain of salt that transmits data for over a year. Plus: crystals that heal themselves, liquid metal with a 'hidden state' that defies physics, DNA evidence rewrites the story of a Roman-era mystery woman, and why Mars terraforming is no longer just science fiction. From ancient potatoes to micro-earthquakes on chips, we're covering the discoveries reshaping what we thought was possible.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

🔬 Moon Missions Launch, Brain Cleanup Pathways Just Found & Your Cat's Purr Reveals Something Scientists Didn't Expect

2026-01-2509:33

NASA prepares astronauts for the first lunar orbit in over 50 years as Artemis II pushes humanity back into deep space. Scientists discover a previously unknown waste-clearing system in the human brain that could revolutionize how we treat Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. A groundbreaking study reveals that your cat's purr carries a unique vocal signature more distinctive than its meow, while new research exposes how prenatal BPA exposure causes permanent metabolic changes. Plus: the experimental drug fighting both diabetes and heart disease, astronomers catching a Sun-like star going mysteriously dark, and the simple soil trick that doubled crop yields while stopping locust swarms.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

🔬 Plastic-Eating Catalysts, Rule-Breaking Black Holes & What Giant Kangaroos Just Revealed

2026-01-2407:30

This week's science discoveries are reshaping what we thought possible. A revolutionary tungsten carbide catalyst outperforms platinum by 10x in breaking down plastic waste, while astronomers discover a black hole devouring matter 13 times faster than theory allows. New fossil evidence pushes human evolution hundreds of miles north and reveals Ice Age kangaroos were actually strong enough to hop despite their massive size. Plus, breakthrough findings on Alzheimer's risk factors and a smart pill that knows when you've swallowed it.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

🔬 Scientists Just Overturned 70 Years of Language Theory—And That's Just the Beginning

2026-01-2306:58

This episode tackles groundbreaking research that's rewriting the fundamentals of human communication, revealing that we may be improvising language far more than following rigid grammar rules. We also explore definitive new evidence about how Stonehenge's massive stones were transported, a revolutionary discovery about Europa's ocean that changes the search for extraterrestrial life, and UCLA chemists creating 'impossible' molecules that break a century-old rule. Plus: new treatments for brain cancer and Parkinson's, the truth about heartburn medications and stomach cancer risk, and why some octogenarians stay mentally sharp while others don't.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

🔬 Scientists Just Discovered River Deltas Are Sinking Faster Than Expected—And Millions Are at Risk

2026-01-2206:32

Major river deltas worldwide are subsiding faster than seas are rising, threatening hundreds of millions of people with a double crisis. We also explore how chemotherapy's gut damage might accidentally block cancer spread, quantum engines that defy a 200-year-old efficiency law, and a fungal weakness discovered after eleven years of research. Plus: breast milk's hidden microbial ecosystem, early brain changes that predict MS years before symptoms, and what your carbohydrate choices might mean for dementia risk.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

🔬 Twisted Crystals Just Changed Electronics Forever—Plus: Your Brain's Secret Cleanup Mode Revealed

2026-01-2107:46

Scientists have discovered how to transform crystals into reversible diodes by twisting them at the nanoscale, opening the door to three-dimensional shape-engineered electronics. Solar Orbiter reveals how magnetic avalanches trigger massive solar flares, while neuroscientists find our brains process language remarkably similar to AI models like GPT. Stanford researchers unveil a treatment that reverses cartilage loss and prevents arthritis, and new findings explain why your attention lapses when sleep-deprived—your brain is literally doing its cleanup cycle while you're awake. Plus: cancer immunotherapy that repairs aging guts, microscopic worms that weaponize static electricity, and a planet caught losing its atmosphere in real-time.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

🔬 Seals Are Talking Underwater and We Just Found Out

2026-01-2007:13

Hawaiian monk seals have been hiding a complex underwater language that scientists just discovered, revealing sophisticated communication we never knew existed. This episode explores this stunning find alongside other fresh science: robots learning to speak by watching YouTube, the oldest barred spiral galaxy ever observed challenging cosmic timelines, and a major cancer immunotherapy breakthrough in growing helper T cells. Plus, researchers finally trace a deadly frog fungus to its origins and uncover how our ancestors thrived as strategic scavengers, not desperate survivors.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

🔬 Quantum Material Breakthrough Just Dropped + Microplastics Found Where They Shouldn't Be

2026-01-1908:23

Scientists reveal a revolutionary quantum mechanics technique that could transform manufacturing as we know it. Meanwhile, researchers make an alarming discovery—microplastics have infiltrated Antarctica's only native insect, and new evidence shows they're rewiring DNA across generations. Plus, everything you thought you knew about how hair grows is wrong, and the surprising reason robots still can't pick tomatoes efficiently. We're covering 15+ fresh findings that are reshaping our understanding of science.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

🔬 Scientists Just Discovered the World's Oldest Poison—And That's Not Even the Biggest Story

2026-01-1807:00

This episode covers groundbreaking research spanning 60,000 years of human history to the edge of the cosmos. Discover how nanomaterials are revolutionizing stroke recovery, why dinosaurs were thriving right before extinction, and what 'red hot' dark matter means for our understanding of the universe's birth. Plus, the surprising mathematical connection between AI learning and bubble physics that could reveal something fundamental about nature itself. We also explore innovations in cancer survival analysis, climate solutions, and why common painkillers might actually slow your recovery after surgery.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

🔬 Just Released: Teen Brains Aren't What Scientists Thought & Living Computers Grown From Mushrooms

2026-01-1709:25

This episode covers groundbreaking discoveries across medicine, neuroscience, and technology. Scientists reveal that teenage brains actively build entirely new neural structures during adolescence, challenging decades of assumptions about development. Researchers unveil a massive weight loss program delivering unprecedented public health results across the United States. Plus, living computers powered by mushroom networks, chronic wounds that resist healing due to bacterial paralysis, and astronomers witnessing a galaxy being violently torn apart by its own black hole. We also explore why extreme floods and droughts worldwide are moving in sync, and what rare genetic variants reveal about people who stay sharp into their eighties.Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio

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