🔬 NASA Just Changed Space Communication Forever — Plus a Spider That Isn't What It Seems

About this episode

NASA has introduced a new technology for deep space communication and researchers have made significant discoveries related to addiction, gut microbes, and a newly identified spider species.

NASA has unveiled a groundbreaking technology that could revolutionize how spacecraft communicate across deep space, while the aging International Space Station faces an ongoing air leak that continues to demand careful attention. Scientists have uncovered the brain chemical behind why we break bad habits — and what happens when it goes missing — with major implications for addiction and OCD treatment. A new study out of Singapore suggests that gut microbes could one day be harnessed to treat anxiety, adding fresh weight to the gut-brain connection. Meanwhile, a single-letter change in so-called 'junk DNA' was found to completely redirect sexual development in mice, and a brand-new spider species discovered in Ecuador's Amazon has evolved a disguise so convincing researchers initially mistook it for a mushroom. 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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Host: Peer Review'd

Topics covered

• space communication
• addiction treatment
• gut-brain connection
• sexual development
• new spider species

Keywords

• NASA
• space communication
• addiction
• gut microbes
• spider species

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA, International Space Station

Places: Singapore, Ecuador, Amazon

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