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Mitotype PCR genetic test results of bee specimens (feral and managed hives) are updated weekly.

Target goal of 1,000 hives to be tested in 2024.

New Scientist
- The best retro games console is the one you played at age 10
  Nostalgia for video games seems to be strongest for those played during childhood – at least for Nintendo Switch players
- Ice-monitoring drones set for first tests in the Arctic
  High-speed drones will be put to the test in the extreme Arctic environment as part of a project to assess how quickly glaciers in Greenland are retreating
- Plant skin grafts could result in new kinds of vegetables
  A company in the Netherlands says it has perfected a way to create "graft chimeras" with the skin of one plant and the innards of another
- Weekend workouts can be as valuable as exercising throughout the week
  Squeezing exercise into one or two days a week seems to have similar health benefits as doing the same amount of physical activity spread out throughout the week
- US government fired researchers running a crucial drug use survey
  A termination letter obtained by New Scientist reveals that the Trump administration has gutted the office that runs the country’s only nationwide survey on drug use and mental health
Scientific American
- Why Aurora Physicists Are Excited about Fram2’s Private Astronauts
  
  The commercial astronauts onboard SpaceX’s Fram2 mission are flying closer to Earth’s poles than anyone has before, offering an intriguing opportunity for auroral science
- Tiny, Injectable Pacemaker Runs on Light and then Dissolves
  
  This temporary pacemaker, smaller than a grain of rice, could regulate the heart less invasively
- The Science behind Baseball’s ‘Torpedo Bats’
  
  After a stellar Yankees win on Saturday, torpedo bats are in the spotlight. Is there science behind these baseball bats?
- Trump’s Tariffs Are Expected to Undermine the Clean Energy Transition
  
  New Trump administration tariffs on imported goods could exacerbate a shortage of parts used by the energy industry
- Shingles Vaccination May Help Protect People from Alzheimer’s Disease
  
  A natural experiment in Wales showed that a shingles vaccine might lower the risk of developing dementia
Science News
Fermenting miso in orbit reveals how space can affect a food’s taste
A miso test on the International Space Station shows fermenting food is not only possible in space, it adds nuttier notes to the Japanese condiment.

Skin cells emit slow electric pulses after injury
The electric skin cell signals, which move at glacial pace compared to those in nerve cells, may play a role in initiating healing.

More details about the Myanmar earthquake are emerging
A phenomenon called liquefaction, which causes the ground to slump like quicksand, led to significant damage after the Myanmar earthquake. The risk of aftershock remains high.

Watch live plant cells build their cell walls
Imaging wall-less plant cells every six minutes for 24 hours revealed how the cells build their protective barriers.

Physicists have confirmed a new mismatch between matter and antimatter
Charge-parity violation is thought to explain why there’s more matter than antimatter in the universe. Scientists just spotted it in a new place.

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