# 🔬 A Star Is Born, Earth's Core Is Acting Up & Scientists Just Rewrote the Rules of Predation

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Podcast: [🎙️ Science News Daily | Peer Review'd](https://stenobird.com/podcast/science-news-daily-peer-review-d-7298183)
Published: 2026-07-06T12:04:09+00:00
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Astronomers have captured something never seen before — the live birth of a magnetar — and the discovery also validates Einstein's general relativity in a stunning new way. Deep beneath the Pacific, Earth's molten iron core has suddenly reversed course, raising urgent questions about the magnetic shield protecting all life on our planet. Back on the surface, a spider in the Australian rainforest has been caught flinging ants into its web using a silk-powered launching mechanism that no one knew existed. Ancient wolf remains found on a remote Baltic island are forcing scientists to rethink everything we thought we knew about when and how humans first domesticated dogs. Plus: the deep-sea creature that goes five years without eating, the brain cell discovery that could change Alzheimer's treatment, and why ordinary streetlights are sending pill bugs into mysterious death spirals. 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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