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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
- First test of CO2 removal with green sand finds no harm to marine life
  Adding olivine to the ocean could remove CO2 from the atmosphere, and a pilot project in New York state found no signs of adverse effects on seafloor organisms
- SpaceX is about to launch tallest and most powerful rocket in history
  A record-breaking new version of Starship, due to launch within days, could form the basis of NASA's ambitious Artemis programme that aims to put humans back on the moon as soon as 2028
- Cleaning up air pollution could weaken vital AMOC ocean current
  Global warming already threatens to destabilise the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, and new research shows that regional clean-air policies could reduce its strength further
- CAR T-cell therapy bolstered by stiffening up cancer cells first
  CAR T-cell therapy has been hugely successful in treating certain types of tumours, and stiffening up cancer cells beforehand could make it even more effective
- Vocal fry is more common in men, actually, find scientists
  The creaky noise known as vocal fry that people generally associate with young women – and some find irritating – is actually more common in men
Scientific American
- Hantavirus can persist in semen for years, but that doesn’t mean it remains contagious
  
  Researchers know very little about how long the Andes version of the hantavirus can remain in human hosts
- A real Mr. Snuffleupagus? Meet the ocean’s strangest new fish species
  
  A strange, tiny fish that resembles the famous Sesame Street character camouflages amid red algae thanks to its flamboyant reddish “hairs”
- This startup wants to make drugs in orbit. If it succeeds, it could transform the space economy
  
  Varda’s plan to develop medicines in microgravity has its advantages, but it requires a big up-front cost
- How to arm yourself against hantavirus misinformation
  
  Hantavirus misinformation is spreading fast. COVID trauma and social media algorithms may be to blame
- Can plants have consciousness? The film Silent Friend reimagines the science
  
  The filmmaker behind the newly released movie Silent Friend shares the scientific and historical inspiration for its story of botanical consciousness
Science News
Crabs’ sideways walk may have evolved just once
A study of 50 crab species in Japan traces the iconic sideways walk to a single ancestor, suggesting the trait drove the group's remarkable diversity.

Our understanding of Charles Darwin continues to evolve
Historian Janet Browne’s Darwin: A Biography lifts the curtain on the private life of Charles Darwin, one of science’s most controversial pioneers.

A Greenland explorer will eat only decaying seal for a month
British chef Mike Keen will ski across Greenland eating only fermented seal. Researchers will study how the Inuit diet shapes gut health.

Water drops on soap bubble films act like merging galaxies
Water droplets on soap films orbited and merged like colliding galaxies, a technique that could help scientists study the cosmos.

AI can take the friction out of life, but some effort can be good
Technologies, including chatbots, promise to make life easier. But removing the friction, or effort involved in thinking, has costs.

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