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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
- Test moderators use AI-generated writing to judge literacy standards
  To cut the cost of key stage 2 assessments, a UK government project proposes to use scripts generated by ChatGPT instead of real children's writing as examples supplied to moderators who check that grades are awarded fairly
- THC in cannabis may reduce nightmares in people with PTSD
  A drug made up of THC, the main psychoactive component of cannabis, reduced the severity and incidence of nightmares in people with PTSD
- Fishers detonate a bomb every hour on one Indonesian coral reef
  The use of explosives to kill fish is widespread across the tropics, and acoustic monitoring in an Indonesian archipelago detected more than 3500 explosions in 483 days
- How bad is the UK drought and how long will it continue?
  Almost three-quarters of England is now in drought conditions, resulting in restrictions on water use in many areas and severe wildfires – here's how it's affecting farming, wildlife and trees
- Monsoon-driven wildfires may have shaped human evolution
  A reconstruction of East Africa's environment 1.75 million years ago suggests wildfires spiked during wetter times, which may have influenced human evolution
Scientific American
- Tropical Storm Lala nears Hawaii as forecasters expect it to strengthen into a hurricane
  
  Hawaii rarely sees direct hurricane hits—if Lala strengthens, it will be just the third recorded hurricane to make landfall there
- Why 14 inches of rain fell in Japan in just one day
  
  This extreme rain was deadly, with at least eight people killed and many others stranded
- Why is Illinois suddenly being hit with so many tornadoes?
  
  This state, which has seen more than 200 twisters this year, could beat Texas’s all-time record of 244 tornadoes in 12 months
- The X-Files creator Chris Carter on Scully, science and the truth that’s still out there
  
  The creator of The X-Files discusses the Frankenstein elements in the newly released director’s cut of "The X-Files: I Want to Believe," and how Mary Shelley’s classic influenced the story.
- What the mathematics of billiards can tell us about loving and letting go
  
  A mathematician may have solved a 250-year-old question about whether every polygon contains a path home
Science News
How a brutal drought may have helped unleash yellow fever in Brazil
Animals searching for water brought the forest to the city, perhaps sparking Brazil’s first yellow fever outbreak in decades.

A light-based scan could detect deadly bowel disease in preterm babies
Necrotizing enterocolitis strikes premature babies with almost no warning. A new approach aims to detect it early with a quick, low-risk scan.

A photographic memory is wishful thinking
In fiction, photographic memories crack the case or save the day. But our brains can’t hold on to everything — and that’s a good thing.

The glue that binds a proton may be key to its identity
Gluons do more than hold protons together. They may also help define the proton’s identity through a quantum property called baryon number.

Stars’ plasma spurts may be blocked by magnetic fields
The sun frequently flings plasma into space, but sightings of such eruptions on other stars are rare. Magnetic fields could explain why.

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