Podcast Episodes
Back to Search🔬 Einstein Was Wrong? Plus: The Alzheimer's Reversal, an 83% Death Risk Nobody's Talking About & More
Episode 290
Scientists at TU Wien are challenging Einstein's theory of relativity with a new quantum equation suggesting particles deviate from the paths he pred…
4 months ago
🔬 Asteroid Snowballs, Zombie Trees & The Drug That Does Everything — This Week's Science News Just Dropped
Episode 289
Researchers have unveiled a high-resolution 3D map of a bacteria-killing virus that could revolutionize the fight against antibiotic-resistant superb…
4 months ago
🔬 Scientists Just Discovered Earth Has 3x More Species Than We Thought — And That's Just the Start
Episode 288
A landmark analysis of over 300 studies suggests that for every known vertebrate species, two additional 'cryptic' species may be hiding in plain sig…
4 months ago
🔬 Naked Mole Rat Genes Just Extended Mouse Lifespan — And That's Only the Start
Episode 287
This week on Peer Review'd, scientists successfully transplanted a longevity gene from naked mole rats into mice, extending their lifespan in a move …
4 months ago
🔬 Science Just Changed: Malaria's Achilles Heel Found, Antarctica's Ice Map Revealed & Your Brain Has a Hidden Rhythm
Episode 286
Scientists have pinpointed a protein that the malaria parasite cannot survive without, opening the door to entirely new treatments for a disease that…
4 months ago
🔬 Quantum Holy Grail Found? Plus Ancient Geometry, a Herpes Virus Cancer Cure & More Just Dropped
Episode 285
Scientists may have finally identified the long-sought 'holy grail' of quantum computing — a triplet superconductor material that could revolutionize…
4 months, 1 week ago
🔬 Just Discovered: Primate Origins Rewritten, Life's Building Blocks Found on Jupiter's Moons & More
Episode 284
Paleontologists have uncovered the southernmost fossils ever found of Purgatorius — the earliest known primate relative — forcing a rethink of how qu…
4 months, 1 week ago
🔬 Ghost Galaxy Found, Alzheimer's Drug Bombshell & The Anti-Aging Molecule With a Dangerous Secret
Episode 283
Astronomers have spotted an ultra-rare 'ghost galaxy' made of 99% dark matter, detectable only by a handful of star clusters buried deep in space. A …
4 months, 1 week ago
🔬 This Common Diabetes Drug Just Revealed a Surprising New Use — Plus AI Can't Fool Everyone, and More
Episode 282
A decades-old diabetes medication may be about to transform life for millions living with type 1 diabetes, and researchers have finally uncovered exa…
4 months, 1 week ago
🔬 A Microbe Just Broke Biology's Most Fundamental Rule — And That's Just the Start
Episode 281
Scientists at UC Berkeley have discovered an archaeon that ignores the universal genetic code, using stop signals to produce two entirely different p…
4 months, 1 week ago