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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
- Personalised cancer vaccine expected to be approved next year
  A bespoke vaccine that is tailored to target an individual's unique skin cancer reduced rates of recurrence or death in a late-stage trial, making an approval expected
- Brazil presidential election dogged by alleged bias by Meta AI tools
  Supporters of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have accused Meta of interfering in Brazil’s election by making it easier to generate campaign content promoting his rival, Flávio Bolsonaro
- Body temperature may drive the higher risk of autoimmune conditions in women
  Autoimmune conditions are much more common in women than men, which could partly be due to the fluctuating body temperatures that occur during the menstrual cycle and menopause
- Tiny ‘solar flares’ recreated in the lab may explain corona mystery
  An experiment has produced nanoflares similar to those seen on the sun, and shown that they can help explain why the outer layers of the solar atmosphere are so hot
- Earth entered its ‘bad decades’ after dinosaur-ending asteroid strike
  We now have a clearer picture of what happened in the decades following the asteroid impact that led to the extinction of almost all dinosaurs
Scientific American
- Why partisan politics may be changing people's accents
  
  With the midterms fast approaching, communicating just the right message has been top of mind on all sides of the political aisle
- Meet the original 'Ghost Busters'—the 17th century scientists who investigated hauntings
  
  They weren't afraid of no ghost
- NASA lays out a packed 14-day schedule for 2027’s Artemis III moon mission
  
  The mission, scheduled for the summer of 2027, will include be pivotal in deciding whether SpaceX or Blue Origin supplies the lunar lander for the first crewed trip to the lunar surface in decades
- Warhound wants to engineer and clone military superdogs—can they do it?
  
  The start-up is the brainchild of a founder of Anduril, the military tech firm, and Colossal Biosciences, a biotech company known for its de-extinction efforts
- Strange triangular craft reported in new U.S. government UFO release
  
  The latest batch of declassified files includes eyewitness sightings from earlier this year of a flying black triangle performing inexplicable aerial maneuvers
Science News
The human voice
Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses the power of the human voice, hopeful advances in treating stiff person syndrome and new controversy about using AI in mathematics.

Why did humans’ brains surpass chimps’? A tiny foe might help explain it
A viral infection from millions of years ago may have influenced chimp brain evolution through DNA leftovers in the genome.

Eating too much sugar on antibiotics could squash helpful gut bacteria
In people being treated for blood cancer, consuming sugar while on antibiotics boosted harm to the diversity of the gut microbiome.

Electric stoves could help people with asthma breathe easier
Switching to an electric stove from a lung-irritating gas one may improve asthma symptoms. But if you’re stuck with gas, reducing exposure may help.

A nanoparticle revealed the tiny impact of a single gas atom
The force exerted by a gas usually results from many atoms or molecules at once. But scientists isolated the force of a lone particle.

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