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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
- UK military taps up astronomers to spot snooping foreign satellites
  The UK is unable to match the advanced surveillance and counter-surveillance programmes run by the US, China and Russia, but it is working with civilian astronomers to develop a way of monitoring spy satellites via ground-based telescopes
- Some PFAS chemicals are declining in English rivers but others are appearing
  The levels of two globally restricted "forever chemicals" linked to health issues are showing a strong downwards trend in English rivers, but their understudied replacements are starting to fill the gap
- Blood-thinning drug limits cartilage damage and relieves osteoarthritis pain
  A study in animals suggests a drug used to thin blood might eventually be able to slow down the development of osteoarthritis. Currently, there are no approved drugs capable of doing this
- Who will step up to preserve space age artefacts for future generations?
  We remember 19th-century captains of industry like Andrew Carnegie because they funded vast cultural institutions. Will the Elon Musks and Jeff Bezoses of our time do the same to preserve humanity’s spacefaring legacy?
- Arguments over finance dominate COP climate talks once again
  The COP31 climate summit in Turkey has got off to a chaotic start and a familiar dispute over who should pay for tackling climate change is already emerging as the biggest obstacle to progress
Scientific American
- This asteroid was born at the dawn of the solar system
  
  Ryugu might have formed in the very first generation of planetary building blocks
- Metal-rich deep-sea ‘nodules’ also harbor diverse ocean life
  
  The finding, researchers say, should factor into plans to mine the seafloor for the metal-rich nodules
- Newfound invisible object in space could be a rare supermassive neutron star
  
  Astronomers saw something strange in a distant star system—or rather what’s strange is what they didn’t see. Solving the mystery could reveal new astrophysics
- OpenAI’s ‘shepherds’ affirm blockbuster physics result
  
  The company’s appointed team of experts has verified and released the groundbreaking AI-generated proof, which validates bedrock assumptions of the Standard Model of particle physics
- Mountain heights across the country are about to change. Gravity is to blame
  
  A national system that defines where things are across the country will get a complete overhaul
Science News
Europe’s Hera mission is ready to double down on asteroid science
Europe’s Hera spacecraft is just beginning its exploration of the binary asteroid Didymos in a mission that’s tantalizing scientists on two fronts.

Stone Age children left fingerprints on ancient art projects
Natufian hunter-gatherers may have shown their kids how to sculpt clay, sets of preserved fingerprints suggest.

This magic mushroom can kill
Researchers in Florida unearthed a “dark magic mushroom” that boasts a combination of hallucinogenic and poisonous traits.

Light is hard to block from every direction. This physicist found a way
Physicist Stefano Martiniani uses a computer algorithm to design new materials that could help advance light-based computers.

Science to restore speech is moving fast. Here’s what’s next
As neurotechnology aims to restore seamless speech to those who can no longer talk, what’s next for the science, and for the people it promises to help?

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