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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
- Mathematics of thermodynamics is being rewritten after 200 years
  The laws of physics that concern heat and work could gain a firmer mathematical footing thanks to “gauge theory”, which already helps us understand quantum fields
- Injection halves risk of chromosome error common in older human eggs
  Egg cells missing a key protein may be more likely to end up with the wrong number of chromosomes, but an mRNA injection that helps the cells make the protein reduces the problem
- A worm that lived half a billion years ago preferred turning right
  Fossils of Spriggina floundersi provide the earliest evidence of animals favouring one side of the body over the other – a feature of nervous systems that we see in our own right- and left-handedness
- Seeding clouds with seawater could prevent a super El Niño
  A modelling study suggests marine cloud brightening could shade the eastern Pacific and reduce a global temperature spike from El Niño, but there could be unexpected consequences
- Our fertility window could be extended by making ovaries softer
  A drug that softens the ovaries helped mice and rats conceive more easily at an older age, and produce more pups
Scientific American
- Early bird, night owl or something else? Five patterns may define how we sleep
  
  New research identifies five distinct sleep subtypes, revealing links between brain patterns, behavior and health
- Scientists get clearest view yet of a spreading seafloor
  
  A rare eruption in the Indian Ocean let researchers capture one of the clearest views yet of a seafloor spreading event
- Can we geoengineer ourselves out of an El Niño year?
  
  A controversial geoengineering proposal suggests that brightening clouds off South America could weaken a burgeoning El Niño, but major technical and ethical questions remain
- RFK, Jr. is turning his attention to the U.S. Preventive Services Taskforce
  
  The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is an independent group that offers guidance on what health screenings and medications health insurance should cover
- Why ‘Neil the seal’ is unleashing chaos in Tasmania
  
  This one-ton elephant seal has gone viral for smashing into cars and infrastructure, but biologists have a more poignant explanation for his behavior
Science News
Support goes a long way to boost birth control effectiveness
The HER Salt Lake Contraceptive Initiative’s approach, which centered the user and made refills easy, meant all types of methods worked well.

Neandertal babies were a lot like ours — but didn’t stay that way
Two studies of Neandertal remains suggest their newborns were about the same size as those of modern humans but developed faster through infancy.

Can geoengineering blunt El Niño’s fury?
Marine cloud brightening could cool part of the Pacific and weaken extreme El Niños, simulations suggest. But the approach could have risks.

A shoebox-sized satellite could expose hidden nuclear weapons in space
There’s never been a good method to check for violations of the Outer Space Treaty’s prohibition of nuclear weapons in space.

AI tools meant to vet science are surprisingly easy to fool
The gold standard of scientific review, peer review by researchers’ colleagues, is in crisis. AI might offer a solution but has problems of its own.

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