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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
- Antipersonnel mines have returned in Ukraine and now threaten the world
  3D printing, microcontrollers and drones have enabled the resurgence of antipersonnel mines in the Russia-Ukraine war, making mines deadlier and more accessible
- An unexpected feedback loop may be driving mega heatwaves
  Dry soil and high pressure can amplify extreme heat, helping to explain why regions like Europe are suffering record-shattering heatwaves much earlier than climate models predicted
- Record-breaking, fast-spinning magnet could help uncover new physics
  A magnet barely wider than a human hair is one of the fastest spinning objects ever and could be useful for both fundamental physics experiments and in quantum technology
- Less than 4 minutes of vigorous exercise a day could halve your dementia risk
  Bursts of vigorous physical activity, such as carrying heavy shopping or rushing for the bus, seem to have a significant effect on our brain health and dementia risk
- Parkinson’s may be driven by ‘vicious cycle’ that disrupts brain waste drainage
  Parkinson's disease is linked to toxic protein clumps and disrupted brain waste removal, which may feed off each other, causing the condition to progress
Scientific American
- Why do some people hear pitch better than others? Internal noise may be the key
  
  The less internal noise you have, the more reliably you can tell similar sounds apart
- Acorns—not deer—can predict a rise in Lyme-spreading ticks
  
  Despite deer’s essential role in tick reproduction, looking to acorn numbers instead can forecast Lyme disease booms almost two years in advance
- NASA reveals new lunar rover, PROMISE, to launch to moon in 2028
  
  At a press event on Saturday, the agency’s officials stressed that rovers and other infrastructure will be critical to ensuring human survival on the moon
- Earth's rocks have a missing layer spanning up to a billion years. Scientists finally know what happened to it
  
  The 'Great Unconformity' has puzzled scientists since its discovery in the 1870s
- The mathematical trick that explains how to find a needle in a haystack
  
  We asked a statistics expert how difficult it would be to find a needle in a haystack—the answer is: just as hard as you think
Science News
This may be the best evidence yet that dinosaur blood can fossilize
Imaging and chemical analysis of a 115-million-year-old dinosaur fossil points to blood cells. But some aren't convinced.

This armored amphibian once lived and hunted on the seafloor
Gerrothorax maritimus, which existed about 237 million years ago, is the first ever amphibian known to have lived without access to land or freshwater.

How octopuses squeeze through tiny openings, step by step
In the lab, octopuses used specific moves to slip arms and a bulbous body through tiny holes. The finding could inspire new body plans for soft robots.

Record-low temperature created on China’s space station
With gravity's effects mitigated, atoms orbiting Earth on China’s space station reached about 10 trillionths of a kelvin.

Little Ice Age cooling in Europe may have raised the risk of rickets
The Industrial Revolution and climate change may have both contributed to vitamin D deficiencies in 18th and 19th century Europe.

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