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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
- Are we getting to the point where it's safe to gene-edit babies?
  A team in the US has reported promising results after using an improved form of CRISPR to gene-edit human embryos, but a major issue remains unsolved
- Cuts to US ocean programme will hinder monitoring of El Niño and AMOC
  Scientists warn that the Trump administration's push to dismantle a vital network of ocean-sensing instruments will stymie crucial weather and climate monitoring in the Pacific and Atlantic
- Flood of AI 'garbage' is pushing open-source developers to the limit
  The modern world depends on open-source software maintained by volunteers, but the added demands of checking and fixing AI-written submissions are causing some to burn out and quit
- A chromosome from a frozen rat has been resurrected inside mice
  Mice that contain cells with an added rat chromosome have been created by scientists. The next step is to try this with frozen elephant tissue – and if that works, the team will try it with frozen mammoths
- Becoming a parent may make you love your partner less
  Parents report loving their partners less within the first year of having a child, but that doesn't mean the feeling is permanent or inevitable
Scientific American
- How math can help you decide what to order for dinner
  
  An experiment with 2,520 participants backs Richard Feynman’s answer to every diner’s dilemma: do I want to try something new?
- NASA’s X-59 plane goes supersonic for the first time
  
  This experimental plane, which reached supersonic speeds yesterday, is designed to travel faster than the speed of sound without creating bothersome sonic booms
- How prediction markets could forecast the future of science
  
  Online prediction markets are taking bets on everything from climate change to quantum computing. But researchers question their accuracy
- Aquanauts experience awe-inspiring ‘underview effect’
  
  Like astronauts’ “overview effect,” a dramatic feeling of awe takes hold on extended seafloor stays
- Anthropic warns AI may soon begin recursive self-improvement
  
  The maker of Claude wants AI labs, including itself, to prepare for a coordinated slowdown if models begin building their own successors
Science News
NASA declares MAVEN, its Mars atmosphere orbiter, dead
Over more than a decade at Mars, the orbiter revealed how the solar wind strips away the planet’s atmosphere — and why the world lost its water.

Honeybees and shrimp are now getting vaccinated
A shrimp vaccine for commercial use could protect the environment and prove vaccines aren’t just for vertebrates.

This tiny, blue octopus is new to science
The deep-sea octopus is fully mature despite fitting in a palm, a trait researchers think may help it reproduce faster than larger relatives.

Remote workers feel isolated. Back-to-office mandates are not a fix
Making social connection part of job design, whether people work remotely, hybrid or in-person, is key to supporting employees‘ well-being.

Bumblebees can solve problems on their own
With no training, bumblebees can work out how to use a ball like a ladder to feed on sugar from an out-of-reach flower.

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