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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 asteroid Ryugu has all of the main ingredients for life
  All five of the canonical nucleobases – the underpinnings of DNA, RNA and life on Earth – have been found in samples from the asteroid Ryugu
- Why global warming is accelerating and what it means for the future
  Scientists disagree whether human-made climate change or natural fluctuations are mostly to blame for worse-than-expected heat in recent years
- AI is nearly exclusively designed by men – here's how to fix it
  With the Trump administration’s attacks on so-called woke AI it is becoming even harder to make the technology we use fairer and more diverse. Leading voices are speaking out, reports Catherine de Lange
- The ancient Goths were an ethnically diverse group
  Ancient DNA reveals that the Goths of eastern Europe, some of whom would ultimately sack the city of Rome, may have been a mix of peoples from three continents
- Single-celled organism with no brain is capable of Pavlovian learning
  A trumpet-shaped, single-celled organism seems able to predict one thing will follow another, hinting that such associative learning emerged long before multicellular nervous systems
Scientific American
- Landmark offshore wind farms come online in the U.S.
  
  Revolution Wind and Vineyard Wind are two of several wind farm projects that have come under fire from the Trump administration in recent months
- Deadly campus meningitis outbreak in the U.K. kills 2, sickens many more
  
  Tens of thousands of people in the the U.K. may be impacted by the outbreak of this disease, which is largely preventable with vaccines
- Brain implant allows people who are paralyzed to type using their thoughts at speed of texting
  
  A brain-computer interface allowed two people who had lost the ability to move their limbs to type at speeds of up to 22 words per minute
- As AI keeps improving, mathematicians struggle to foretell their own future
  
  First Proof is an effort to see whether LLMs can contribute meaningfully to pure mathematics research. The dust has settled on round one, and the results are surprising
- A 100-year-old theory might explain what’s wrong with quantum mechanics
  
  One physicist is on a mission to get scientists to look into Louis de Broglie’s pilot wave theory
Science News
Smartwatch data can be used to assess early diabetes risk
When combined with clinical markers, smartwatch data was able to help detect insulin resistance with nearly 90 percent accuracy.

Extreme heat is cutting the time people can safely be active outdoors
Heat and humidity now severely limit light physical activity for millions of people around the world, with older adults facing the greatest burden.

Wild monkeys invaded Florida. Should people protect them?
A colony of African vervets in Dania Beach raises big questions about how humans can and should manage nonnative species.

Yaks may hint at a way to treat brain diseases like MS
A genetic mutation tied to keeping the brain healthy at high altitudes may point to a way to repair nerve damage, experiments in mice show.

A newfound blood biomarker may one day predict longevity
Levels of six RNA molecules in the blood ID’d older adults likely to survive two more years. Whether it will work for other people is a big question.

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