Podcast Episodes
Back to Search🔬 Your Muscles Are Fighting Alzheimer's, Fish May Be Self-Aware & Ancient Galaxies Are Rewriting the Big Bang
Episode 276
Scientists have discovered that muscle tissue may send protective signals to the brain during exercise, opening a radical new front in Alzheimer's re…
2Â months, 3Â weeks ago
🔬 A Record Surgery, A Cosmic Clock Near a Black Hole & Cancer's Hidden Escape Route
Episode 275
An 11-year-old just survived a once-unthinkable 16-hour surgery at Children's Hospital Colorado — the first of its kind at the hospital. Scientists h…
2Â months, 3Â weeks ago
🔬 A 100-Million-Year-Old Black Hole Just Woke Up — And That's Only the Start
Episode 274
Astronomers have captured one of the clearest views yet of a dormant black hole roaring back to life, shooting jets of energy nearly a million light-…
2Â months, 3Â weeks ago
🔬 The Origin of Complex Life Just Got Rewritten — And That's Not Even the Biggest Story
Episode 273
Two bombshell discoveries are forcing scientists to rethink how complex life on Earth first emerged, from oxygen-loving ancient microbes to a bizarre…
2Â months, 3Â weeks ago
🔬 A Supermassive Black Hole Is Silencing the Universe — Plus Alzheimer's Predictions, Real Hobbits, & A Fasting Myth Busted
Episode 272
Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope just discovered that supermassive black holes may be suppressing star formation across intergalactic …
2Â months, 3Â weeks ago
🔬 Fentanyl Redesigned: Scientists Crack the Code on Safer Pain Relief
Episode 271
Researchers at Scripps Research have achieved the unprecedented—redesigning fentanyl at the molecular level to preserve pain relief while dramaticall…
2Â months, 4Â weeks ago
🔬 Ancient DNA Reveals Rare Disease, Alzheimer's Drug Target Discovered & Magma Surge Detected at Santorini
Episode 270
This week's episode takes you from a 12,000-year-old burial site where DNA analysis uncovered rare genetic disease in Ice Age humans, to the discover…
2Â months, 4Â weeks ago
🔬 Scientists Just Found Brain Training From Decades Ago Still Protects Against Dementia
Episode 269
This episode covers groundbreaking research revealing how brief cognitive training sessions may protect against dementia for up to 20 years. We also …
3Â months ago
🔬 NASA Probe Cracks Century-Old Solar Mystery & Scientists Discover How to Program Your Dreams
Episode 268
NASA's Parker Solar Probe delivers groundbreaking data that finally explains how solar wind accelerates from the Sun's surface—solving a 100-year-old…
3Â months ago
🔬 Massive Star Vanishes Without Exploding—What Scientists Just Witnessed
Episode 267
This week on Peer Review'd: A giant star 2.5 million light-years away quietly collapses into a black hole, rewriting stellar death theory. We explore…
3Â months ago