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Space

Strange 鈥榤agic islands鈥� on Saturn鈥檚 moon Titan may be porous icebergs

Titan鈥檚 methane seas have ephemeral 鈥渕agic islands鈥� that have baffled scientists for years. They may be made of odd, porous clumps of snow

Mind

Some brain regions shrink in pregnancy and regrow after the birth

Technology

NASA unveils X-59 plane to test supersonic flight over US cities

Technology

First unhackable shopping transactions carried out on quantum internet

fingerprint or thumbprint set isolated on white

Technology

AI can tell if prints from two different fingers belong to same person

Caves on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Space

Caves seen on the surface of a comet for the first time

Humane AI pin

Technology

Will AI make computer screens a thing of the past?

Environment

Hydropower generation in western US set to fall as climate gets drier

Policeman checking woman driver for alcohol intoxication

Technology

Your unique breath 鈥榝ingerprint鈥� could be used to unlock your phone

The sun

Space

The sun could contain a tiny black hole that formed in the big bang

Black holes may be hiding within stars and their extra mass could help explain odd gravitational effects in the universe ascribed to dark matter

Society

Cheap drone attacks have outsized effect on global economic inflation

Life

Guinness yeasts are genetically unique among Irish beers

Space

Molecules vital for life could survive in Venus鈥檚 acid clouds

Environment

US grid vulnerable to power outages due to its reliance on gas