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  1. Space

    One possible recipe for life on Titan is a bust

    An experiment mimicking conditions on the Saturn moon suggests that cell-like bubbles don’t form in methane lakes, puncturing hopes for alien life.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Artificial Intelligence

    AI auto-complete may subtly shape views on social issues

    People are increasingly using AI auto-complete features when writing. Unbeknownst to them, that feature may change how they think.

    By Sujata Gupta
  3. Genetics

    The Amazon molly — a sex-skipping fish — hacks evolution

    The Amazon molly reproduces without sex. A genomic copy-and-paste trick called gene conversion may explain how it avoids evolutionary meltdown.

    By Elie Dolgin
  4. Astronomy

    A strange ‘chirp’ in a brilliant stellar blast points to a magnetar

    Superluminous supernovas are the brightest stellar explosions in the universe.