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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
- Why the world’s first spinal cord transplant is so controversial
  A spinal cord transplant happened in people for the first time during a surgery in Russia, but the evidence underpinning it is lacking
- There may be a new dwarf planet just beyond Pluto
  Astronomers spotted what appears to be a dwarf planet in the outer solar system using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory – if confirmed, it joins a small and exclusive club
- Access to stone as well as water governed where early humans lived
  The sands of the Arabian peninsula were once dotted with lakes that teemed with life, but early humans avoided them unless they came with easy access to stone for tool-making
- Transplanted ovaries adjust to the recipient’s biological age
  Ovaries from older mice, which were no longer able to reproduce, seemed to become active again when transplanted into younger animals, suggesting the new host's body lowered the organs' molecular age
- Super-insulating solid may soon help old homes reach net-zero goals
  Millions of old homes across the UK and Europe need insulating under net-zero strategies, and promising start-ups believe materials called aerogels could be the answer
Scientific American
- RFK, Jr., loosens restrictions for six popular peptides, bypassing the FDA
  
  Under the new policy, compounded combinations of these unproven peptides can now be dispensed by certain pharmacies
- Landmark study finds three in four NFL players die with CTE
  
  The staggering new estimate is based on an analysis of thousands of former players’ medical records
- Sci-fi horror collides with small-town politics in John Scalzi’s Monsters of Ohio
  
  Scientific American talks to author John Scalzi about his tentacle-filled 20th novel, its balance of hope and cynicism—and the possibility of a Chappell Roan crossover
- Animal-borne Shamonda virus infects and kills a human for the first time
  
  The potential for a wider outbreak is low, but experts are still investigating how the disease-causing virus leaped from animals to humans in the first place
- 7 spooky bat facts—right in time for Halloween
  
  Bats deserve a little more love
Science News
Three-quarters of NFL football players may end up with CTE
The first estimate of CTE prevalence across the NFL suggests 75 percent of players may suffer from the neurodegenerative disease.

Why do flamingos dance while they eat? This scientist found out
Beautiful ripples drew Víctor Ortega Jiménez to feeding flamingos. Unraveling their secret could inspire new ways to filter water.

Comets probably didn’t deliver life’s building blocks to Earth
Most comets would have hit Earth with too much speed and at too sharp an angle for life-giving molecules to survive impact, a new study suggests.

How brain implants turn thoughts into speech
New brain-computer interfaces turn attempted speech into words and can speak them in a voice resembling the user’s own.

Roller coaster safety is a matter of science
Guidelines for designing coasters don’t reflect the latest science about what types of movement the brain can withstand.

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