# Recent Scientific Discoveries You Probably Overlooked

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Podcast: [Bright Side](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bright-side-3596359)
Published: 2026-09-16T20:00:00+00:00
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Did you catch the latest mind-blowing discoveries of 2023? One study revealed that octopuses might be smarter than we thought and even experience nightmares – how cool is that? Biologists also discovered that stressed plants emit ultrasonic clicks, which could revolutionize automated crop watering. On the cosmic front, new research suggests the universe might be older than we believed, while the James Webb Space Telescope found galaxies forming much earlier than expected. Plus, did you know aye-ayes use their long middle fingers to pick their noses and prehistoric Europe had turtles the size of rhinos? Finally, scientists created an AI to detect alien life and found evidence that gravitational waves warp space and time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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