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First-of-its kind surgery to separate rare conjoined twins ...Tech & Science Daily podcast

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A British neurosurgeon has successfully led a final 14-hour operation that separated conjoined one-year-old twin girls - with some help from mixed reality technology.

Minal and Mirha from Pakistan were born attached at the head and shared vital blood vessels and brain tissue.

The Standard’s Health Reporter, Dan Keane, tells Tech & Science Daily about the fascinating details.

Experts are warning about the dangers of posting your voice recordings online.

A study from Starling Bank found that only around half of people know that criminals can imitate a person’s voice using videos uploaded on social media, otherwise known as voice cloning scams.

Actor James Nesbitt gives his reaction to just how scarily accurate voice cloning can sound.

Were you one of the lucky people who witnessed the extremely rare supermoon which coincided with a rare partial lunar eclipse last night?

The two lunar events led to a red tinted moon moving across the sky, and the spectacle was on show across the globe.

Plus, in other space news, scientists say Earth will gain a second ‘mini moon’ for 57 days.

According to a study in the Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, on 29th September an asteroid will be ‘captured’ by our planet’s gravity.

And the rest

The Butterfly Conservation have announced a national 'butterfly emergency'. Their annual Big Butterfly Count has been running for 14 years and they say that this year has revealed their lowest ever butterfly numbers.

Australian and international researchers say feral pigs have smaller brains than their piggy cousins.

And, sci-fi fans rejoice, we take a look at Robert Pattinson’s upcoming sci-fi movie Mickey 17, directed by Parasite’s Bong Joon-Ho.

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