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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
- Richard Feynman’s 80-year-old quantum postulate has now been validated
  Decades after it was posited as a foundational principle of quantum physics, Richard Feynman’s “path integral” has been directly measured in an experiment for the first time
- 5 graphs that show how the record-breaking El Niño will affect the world
  A stronger El Niño means more extreme weather, including droughts and wildfires in some places and flooding and tropical storms in others
- Nanoparticles ease Alzheimer’s by making neurons from other cells
  A drug made up of a cage of nanoparticles and antibodies created neurons from another type of brain cell, which relieved symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in mice
- A glacier collapse is most likely cause of the Nepal disaster
  Melting snow appears to have weakened a steep glacier at an altitude of 5 kilometres, causing it to plummet around a kilometre into the river valley below
- Hot weather in the UK is now almost as deadly as a cold snap
  Cold weather has always killed more people than hot weather in England and Wales – but that's about to change
Scientific American
- Is there a ‘window of opportunity’ to prevent Alzheimer’s in women?
  
  A pair of new studies point to the role of early menopause and hormone treatment in cognitive decline, but more research is needed, experts say
- Wall of floodwater sweeps away villages in Nepal, with hundreds missing
  
  A massive flood potentially caused by a chunk of ice breaking off from a glacier has swept away bridges, schools, and other buildings and killed at least 160 people
- More Americans believe the government is withholding information about UFOs
  
  According to a new poll, more Americans also think they have seen a UFO now than they did in the past 53 years
- Jill Lepore on why Silicon Valley gets science fiction wrong
  
  Historian Jill Lepore explains what tech leaders miss in their favorite stories—and why the fight over AI data centers may be where the machine stops
- U.S. approves breakthrough pancreatic cancer drug, heralding a new era for an intractable disease
  
  Pancreatic cancer is considered one of the hardest to treat and most serious forms of cancer
Science News
Monkeys hunt small animals when fruit is scarce
Capuchins hunt and eat small vertebrates more often as plant foods wane. The behavior may help us learn more about humans’ early dietary evolution.

Once upon a time, insects had 24 legs
A many-legged oddball from long ago helps fill a major gap in the fossil record — and hints at how insects ended up with just six legs.

Microbes might get freeze-dried on the moon’s south pole
Artemis IV will put people on the moon’s surface for the first time in 50 years. NASA research reveals the microbes that might hitch a ride.

A new cancer vaccine may keep melanoma from coming back
A personalized mRNA vaccine paired with Keytruda may help keep skin cancer from returning after surgery, a large clinical trial suggests.

How memories may survive hibernation
Hibernating mice rapidly lost and regrew half of the connections in their memory centers, while key connection hubs survived.

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