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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 secret of how cats twist in mid-air to land on their feet
  An exceptionally flexible region of the spine enables falling cats to twist the front and back halves of their body sequentially to ensure a safe landing
- Sea levels around the world are much higher than we thought
  Most coastal risk assessments have underestimated current sea levels, meaning tens of millions of people face losing their homes to rising waters earlier than expected
- Top predators still prowled the seas after the biggest mass extinction
  The end-Permian extinction 252 million years ago wiped out over 80 per cent of marine species, but many ecosystems still had complex food webs despite the losses
- Claude AI: Why are there so many internet outages?
  AI chatbot Claude going down is just one example of a recent IT outage. One of the main vulnerabilities of the modern internet is to blame for the growing number of incidents
- How worried should you be about microplastics?
  Microplastics have been found accumulating everywhere from our water to our body tissues, but many of the claims have come under fresh scrutiny. Chelsea Whyte cuts through the research to tell you whether you really need to worry
Scientific American
- NASA unveils dazzling new images of the “Cat’s Eye Nebula”
  
  The Hubble and Euclid space telescopes combined forces to capture the dying star in stunning new detail
- Kākāpō chicks surge after rare berry bloom
  
  A massive bloom of rimu berries fueled a mating surge among the world’s heaviest (and strangest) parrots
- See the world’s oldest fossilized ‘butthole’ imprint
  
  Fossils show exceptionally rare evidence of a cloacal vent—the slit that most vertebrates use to excrete, have sex and lay egg—which could shed light on the evolution of the orifice
- This BBC tech reporter hacked ChatGPT with a simple trick involving hot dogs
  
  BBC tech journalist Thomas Germain’s simple—and hilarious—experiment exposes a serious flaw in common artificial intelligence tools
- Fecal transplants from old mice boost fertility in younger ones
  
  These results are preliminary, but they could eventually improve ovarian health and fertility in women, researchers say
Science News
A Titan collision may link Saturn’s tilt, its moon Hyperion and its rings
A new study proposes that a crash between Titan and another moon spawned Hyperion and, much later, destabilized Saturn’s inner moons into rings.

Hundreds of studies have missed how much the oceans are rising
A widely used method to calculate sea level rise may have missed up to a century of change, so the risks could hit home for millions sooner than thought.

A chemical ‘Goldilocks zone’ may limit which planets can host life
Life needs nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus. But without the right balance of oxygen, these elements get locked away in planets’ cores.

Cockroaches that eat each other’s wings turn into a fierce fighting force
The wood-feeding cockroach’s cannibalistic love bites lead to a lasting bond. Afterward, the pair prefer each other over all other roaches.

The right sounds may turn sleep into a problem-solving tool
Lucid dreamers who heard puzzle-linked soundtracks while sleeping were more likely to solve those unsolved problems the next day.

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