# 🔬 A 17-Million-Year-Old Fossil Just Changed Human History & Salt Clouds Found on Alien World

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Podcast: [🎙️ Science News Daily | Peer Review'd](https://stenobird.com/podcast/science-news-daily-peer-review-d-7298183)
Published: 2026-06-30T12:03:45+00:00
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Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown 17-million-year-old fossil ape in Egypt that could reshape everything we know about human origins and fill a critical gap in the African fossil record. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has stunned astronomers by detecting clouds made of salt on a distant exoplanet, offering new clues about one of space's most puzzling worlds. Researchers believe they've cracked how Alzheimer's disease spreads through the brain, identifying a protein courier that may one day be blocked to slow the disease's progression. A massive asteroid confirmed to have struck the North Sea 43-46 million years ago triggered a tsunami over 100 meters tall, rewriting our understanding of Earth's catastrophic past. Plus, a new stem-cell-inspired therapy is engineering immune cells to hunt cancer, mysterious repeating radio signals in space may finally have an explanation, and scientists are warning we could be missing signs of alien life even when they're staring right at us. 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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