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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
- Antarctica’s ‘doomsday’ glacier will keep melting even if oceans cool
  Computer models suggest that unrealistically cold oceans would be insufficient to stop Thwaites glacier retreating, although a neighbouring glacier might begin to grow
- Why a high school in Virginia is getting a quantum computer
  Starting in January, students attending Skyview High School in Virginia will learn about the building blocks and principles underlying quantum computers by working with one directly
- Towering glacial ice cliffs may collapse in fits and starts
  We still don't know for sure how the ice cliffs looming over the sea at the leading edge of some glaciers will behave as the climate warms, but satellite data offers some clues
- Google showcases way to fix quantum computer errors more efficiently
  Error-proofing the most important operations performed on a quantum computer has so far required lots of resources, but a new experiment shows a more efficient way to make the devices reliable
- Probiotic cuts risk of respiratory infections in formula-fed babies
  Babies who are formula fed are more prone to infections, but the addition of a probiotic supplement containing sugars from breast milk slashed the risk of such infants catching respiratory viruses
Scientific American
- Google’s quantum Willow chip may be able to grow ‘magic states’
  
  The work could help improve quantum computers’ accuracy in complex calculations
- Scientists discover an ancient shipwreck dating to when the Great Pyramid was built
  
  The wreck was found with relatively intact cargo on the seabed off the coast of Türkiye and is believed to be between 4,700 and 4,400 years old
- Can AI break encryption? OpenAI’s new math has cryptographers divided
  
  OpenAI’s bumper crop of 722 math papers wowed and worried the research community—and cryptographers are split over whether the algorithms that protect our texts and bank log-ins are next
- Scientists vote to end leap seconds, redefining how the world keeps time
  
  A new system, called the “leap hour,” will allow Earth’s rotation and official time to fall out of alignment by a full hour
- What would it take to terraform Mars? Erika DeBenedictis has ideas
  
  The CEO of Pioneer Labs, a biotech startup developing Mars-adapted microbes, is on a quest to make alien worlds nice places to live
Science News
Many American diets may not include enough of this essential nutrient
With the proliferation of fancy salts and changing dietary habits, there are signs people aren’t getting enough of the crucial mineral iodine.

A telling hole in a Neandertal bone hints at a bitter end
An excavation at an iconic Neandertal burial site uncovers evidence for one individual's potential fatal wound as well as an injury endured for years.

Brain implants are helping people who’ve lost their voice
The technology could get those with ALS, Parkinson’s disease and brain injuries “talking” again.

Can math stay human in the age of AI?
As AI churns out mathematical proofs, a DeepMind study raises a bigger question: What do we lose when we focus only on the answers?

Tiny implants can use the body itself to talk to each other
Researchers made a rat’s front-leg movement trigger its back leg. The experiment could point to a new kind of body-based network to connect implants.

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