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🔬 1.7-Billion-Year-Old Fossils Just Rewrote Life's Origin Story — And That's Not Even the Biggest News This Week

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Ancient fossils unearthed in Australia are challenging everything scientists thought they knew about the origins of complex life, while NASA satellites are detecting ominous ocean patterns that could signal a major climate event later this year. Researchers have also confirmed a decades-old 'impossible' earthquake deep in Earth's mantle, and an AI-designed vaccine targeting a broad range of coronaviruses has cleared its first human trial with promising results. Rounding out a packed episode: a potential saliva test for dangerous sleep deprivation, a new phase of matter captured for the first time, and NASA's jaw-dropping crew reveal for the Artemis III Moon mission.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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