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🔬 A Star Just Clocked 24,000 km/s Around a Black Hole — And That's Not Even the Wildest News This Week

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A star near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole has been caught traveling at 8% the speed of light, giving scientists an unprecedented test of Einstein's general relativity under extreme conditions. Meanwhile, new research suggests dark matter may interact with itself through a hidden force invisible to ordinary matter, potentially upending how we model the large-scale structure of the universe. Back on Earth, a 500,000-year-old elephant bone tool and a 25,000-year-old Indigenous Australian burning ritual reveal just how sophisticated and culturally rich our ancient ancestors truly were. On the medical front, scientists have found a way to keep cancer-fighting T cells from burning out prematurely and discovered a molecule that can restore the power of a failing antibiotic against resistant bacteria. And for the first time ever, quantum heat waves have been detected at room temperature — a discovery that could transform how we manage heat in modern electronics and quantum computing.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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