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🔬 T. Rex's Secret, A 50-Year Black Hole Mystery Solved & Immune Cells Caught Doing Something Never Filmed Before

8 min · 22 de jun de 2026
Portada del episodio 🔬 T. Rex's Secret, A 50-Year Black Hole Mystery Solved & Immune Cells Caught Doing Something Never Filmed Before

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A groundbreaking study on tyrannosaur fossils has shattered what we thought we knew about T. rex's growth, revealing the apex predator spent far longer reaching its full size than anyone realized. Ancient genomic research uncovers that koalas nearly vanished 100,000 years ago—and the data is now being used to help save them today. Physicists have finally resolved a decade-long dispute over a fundamental particle that threatened to upend the entire Standard Model. In a world-first, scientists have captured footage of immune cells actively hunting and consuming live cancer cells, a discovery that could reshape cancer immunotherapy. Plus: AI is cracking the cosmic mystery of where gold and uranium come from, and a 5,300-year-old mummy is still surprising scientists with what's living inside him. Subscribe to Peer Review'd Newsletter: https://peerreviewd.com/ [https://peerreviewd.com/] Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site [https://60sec.site/] and Artificial Intelligence Radio [https://artificialintelligenceradio.com]

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