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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
- Bonobos use a kind of syntax once thought to be unique to humans
  The way bonobos combine vocal sounds to create new meanings suggests the evolutionary building blocks of human language are shared with our closest relatives
- Mammoth tusk flakes may be the oldest ivory objects made by humans
  Ancient humans living in what is now Ukraine 400,000 years ago may have practised or taught tool-making techniques using mammoth tusks, a softer material than bone
- Common artificial sweetener makes you three times hungrier than sugar
  The artificial sweetener sucralose increases brain activity in regions involved in appetite, suggesting it makes people hungrier
- We could make solar panels on the moon by melting lunar dust
  Researchers used a synthetic version of moon dust to build working solar panels, which could eventually be created within – and used to power – a moon base of the future
- Ozempic weight loss is deemed less praiseworthy than lifestyle changes
  People seem to be less impressed when others lose weight with the drug Ozempic than when they achieve it via lifestyle changes
Scientific American
- The Uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands, Targeted by Tariffs, Are a Biological Wonderland
  
  Trump’s tariffs put a spotlight on the uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands, which comprise a remote volcanic refuge for penguins and seals and a UNESCO World Heritage site
- Bonobo Calls Are More like Human Language Than We Thought
  
  Bonobos’ grunts, peeps and whistles may share an advanced linguistic property with human language
- JWST Delivers Best-Yet Look at That Worrisome Asteroid
  
  New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show that the potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 YR4 is a building-sized space rock
- Secretive Russian Military Satellites Release Mystery Object into Orbit
  
  A trio of classified Russian satellites, called Kosmos, has sparked intrigue in space-tracking circles after an unidentified object was launched into orbit
- Xenolinguistics—the Study of Alien Languages—Helps to Reveal Why All Beings Communicate
  
  Studying how extraterrestrials might communicate could help prepare for first contact and also hint at the point of language itself
Science News
A shingles vaccine may also help reduce dementia risk
Analysis of a Welsh program offering live-attenuated shingles vaccines to people born after a certain date showed a 20 percent relative drop in dementia risk.

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.

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