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🎙️ Science News Daily | Peer Review"d

Explore the Universe - One Day at a Time 🔬 From space missions and biology breakthroughs to physics, tech, and the wonders of our world—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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8:28

🔬 Neanderthals Did WHAT to Their Teeth? Plus Alien...

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2026/05/23

Scientists have uncovered what may be the oldest dental surgery ever recorded — a 59,000-year-old Neanderthal tooth drilled with stone tools, suggesting our ancient relatives had a surprisingly sophisticated understanding of medicine. Paleontologists also unveiled a terrifying 43-foot mosasaur dubbed Tylosaurus rex and a new giant crocodile species that once stalked our earliest human ancestors. The James Webb Space Telescope delivered stunning new images of an alien world where clouds are

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9:44

🔬 Ancient Gold Mines Uncovered, A 10-Cent Heart Pill,...

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2026/05/22

Archaeologists have confirmed for the first time that ancient Romans were mining gold in Spain's Pyrenees, and new ancient DNA research from Argentina reveals that tight-knit family bonds were the secret weapon that helped early Andean communities survive climate collapse and disease. In space news, the James Webb Space Telescope has detected a rare Saturn-sized planet with Earth-like temperatures and a methane-rich atmosphere that defies all existing categories. A decades-old heart

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9:11

🔬 Physicists Just Found String Theory By Accident —...

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2026/05/21

Researchers who weren't even looking for string theory stumbled onto its defining signatures while working on quantum gravity equations — a discovery that has physicists rethinking some of the universe's most fundamental assumptions. NASA's Hubble telescope caught something almost statistically impossible: a comet breaking apart in real time, offering an unprecedented look inside one of the solar system's oldest relics. Back on Earth, scientists have cracked open new genetic links to severe

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10:15

🔬 Ancient Humans Rewrote History, Wool Grows Bone &...

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2026/05/20

Scientists have shattered long-held assumptions about early human history, revealing evidence that our ancestors thrived deep inside rainforests far earlier than anyone believed possible. A stunning leap in cancer treatment has produced gene-edited donor stem cells designed to survive the very immunotherapies used to destroy aggressive blood cancers. Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown brain feedback system linking deep sleep, growth hormone, and metabolism — revealing just how

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9:08

🔬 Your Brain Is Still Active Under Anesthesia & The...

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2026/05/18

Scientists have uncovered a stunning explanation for why the APOE2 gene variant appears to extend lifespan and protect against Alzheimer's, pointing toward potential new therapies. In a jaw-dropping finding published in Nature, researchers discovered the brain may keep processing language and predicting information even under full general anesthesia, challenging everything we thought we knew about consciousness. On the quantum frontier, physicists are closing in on an experiment that could

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10:30

🔬 Asteroid Mining, Fusion Solved & A Blood Mystery 50...

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2026/05/17

Scientists have unveiled a realistic framework for mining asteroids to fuel Mars colonization, while a new plasma regime may have cracked two of fusion energy's biggest barriers at once — potentially reshaping the timeline for limitless clean power. A 1,200-year-old manuscript long thought lost has resurfaced in Rome, containing one of the oldest surviving versions of the first known poem written in English. Researchers have identified a hidden molecular switch in brown fat that could

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7:44

🔬 Earth Is Drifting Through a Dead Star's Remains —...

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2026/05/16

Antarctic ice cores have revealed that Earth is currently passing through the radioactive debris of an ancient supernova, and that's just the beginning of this episode. Scientists are also proposing a radical new way to detect alien life that has nothing to do with specific molecules — and it could change the search forever. A decades-old assumption about childhood obesity is being challenged, a 60-year mystery about how your body burns fat has finally been cracked, and a newly discovered

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10:35

🔬 Africa Is Splitting Apart, Zombie Cells Targeted &...

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2026/05/15

Scientists have detected alarming signs that Africa may be in the early stages of tearing apart, with hidden mantle activity forcing its way through a deep fracture beneath Zambia. Meanwhile, a major Atlantic Ocean circulation system has been quietly weakening for two decades, with potentially catastrophic consequences for global weather and sea levels. In a stunning twist, the 2022 Tonga volcanic eruption — already one of the most powerful ever recorded — has been found to have done

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11:54

🔬 Ancient Solar Storms, Supernova Debris & the Drug...

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2026/05/14

Scientists have uncovered hidden pockets of warm water melting Antarctic ice shelves from below, suggesting sea levels could rise far faster than current models predict. A Johns Hopkins study confirms that mixing cannabis edibles with alcohol dramatically impairs drivers — and standard roadside sobriety tests largely can't detect it. Researchers found that a single dose of psilocybin causes measurable physical changes in the brain lasting up to a month, while a stem cell breakthrough in

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11:20

🔬 NASA's Daring Mars Flyby, Zombie Cancer Cells...

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2026/05/13

NASA's Psyche spacecraft is making a dramatic close pass of Mars in a high-stakes gravitational slingshot toward one of the solar system's most mysterious objects, while Curiosity rover had an unexpected run-in with a stubborn Martian rock. The James Webb Space Telescope has produced the most detailed map ever of the cosmic web, stretching back to the earliest moments of galaxy formation, and astronomers are baffled by an ancient galaxy that defies a rule nearly every galaxy follows

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10:24

🔬 Your Immune System Is Aging You Faster Than You...

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2026/05/12

Scientists have just upended decades of thinking on aging, revealing that an overactive immune system — not just DNA damage — may be driving rapid-aging diseases, and that dialing it back could restore tissue function. Meanwhile, researchers at WEHI have uncovered a hidden mechanism controlling how the body stores sugar, potentially reshaping how we treat diabetes worldwide. A stunning reexamination of 540-million-year-old fossils from Brazil has flipped what scientists thought they knew

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9:28

🔬 An Alien Comet Just Arrived From Another Star...

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2026/05/11

An interstellar comet from a completely foreign star system is giving astronomers a rare glimpse into alien planetary chemistry, while the James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a planetary duo 190 light-years away that defies everything we know about how solar systems form. Back on Earth, a nearly 100-year-old unsolved mystery left behind by Erwin Schrödinger about how humans perceive color has finally been cracked using modern geometry. Researchers have also identified key proteins that

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7:36

🔬 Humans Could Regrow Limbs? Plus the Vaccine Quietly...

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2026/05/09

Scientists studying axolotls, zebrafish, and mice have identified a shared set of genes that may hold the key to human limb regeneration — 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 — it can fabricate

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8:00

🔬 An Interstellar Comet Just Arrived — And Its Water...

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2026/05/08

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

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8:55

🔬 Scientists Just Broke the Code of Life — Plus Brain...

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2026/05/07

Researchers have stumbled upon a microscopic organism that defies the near-universal genetic code shared by virtually all life on Earth — 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 — including a molecule that could make drug-resistant cancers treatable again — are turning

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9:26

🔬 NASA Just Changed Everything, Voyager 1 Is Running...

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2026/05/06

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 — 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

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8:39

🔬 Ancient Ocean Overlords, The Milky Way's Hidden...

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2026/05/05

Scientists have just identified what may be the most common recessive neurodevelopmental disorder ever discovered — 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

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8:45

🔬 Homer Found Inside a Mummy, Quantum Batteries...

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2026/05/04

Scientists have discovered a fragment of Homer's Iliad embedded inside a 1,600-year-old Egyptian mummy — the first known case of a literary papyrus used in the ancient embalming process. In the Galápagos, 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

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9:11

🔬 Human Hearts Can Regenerate & Scientists Just Found...

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2026/05/03

In a world-first discovery, researchers have found that human heart muscle cells can actually regrow after a cardiac event — 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

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8:33

🔬 Just Discovered: A Hidden Property of Light,...

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2026/05/02

Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown property of light — 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

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