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Target goal of 1,000 hives to be tested in 2024.
  • New Scientist

    • Failed Soviet probe will soon crash to Earth – and we don't know where
      Kosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft that never made it beyond Earth’s orbit on its way to Venus, is due to come crashing down on 9 or 10 May
    • The maths that tells us when a scientific discovery is real – or not
      When huge scientific discoveries are made, you may hear that they are “statistically significant” or pass a threshold called “5 sigma” – but those calculations can be manipulated to make claims seem grander than they are, finds Jacob Aron
    • Record heat in 2023 and 2024 may just have been natural variability
      Simulations suggest that an extraordinary jump in temperatures seen in 2023 and 2024 could simply be natural variability, rather than a new phase of climate change as some researchers have suggested
    • The birds upending our idea of shared parenting
      Superb starlings appear to swap between parent and ‘nanny’ roles to help raise chicks over their lifetimes, even when they aren’t related to them
    • Quantum computers could protect our data from quantum computers
      A powerful enough quantum computer could crack the encryption methods currently used to protect data around the world, but the solution might be a quantum algorithm once thought to be completely useless
  • Scientific American

    • HIV Testing and Prevention Efforts Gutted as Trump Funding Cuts Sweep U.S. South

      A disruption in federal funds has jeopardized HIV testing and outreach in the U.S. South, and researchers warn of a resurgence of the epidemic in the region

    • What to Know about Kosmos-482, the Soviet Spacecraft Crash-Landing on Earth

      Kosmos-482, a failed mission to Venus from the former Soviet Union that stalled in Earth orbit in the 1970s, is about to fall back to our planet. Exactly where or when it will strike, however, remains unknown

    • Congress Counters Trump Threat to Abolish FEMA with Massive Restructuring Plan

      A bipartisan group in Congress is drafting a sweeping bill to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency—in some cases, expanding its work

    • Trump Budget Calls for Stranding NASA’s Mars Samples on the Red Planet

      After billions of dollars in spending and decades of planning, NASA may be forced to abandon precious samples of air, rock and soil on the Martian surface. Experts are furious

    • India and Pakistan Remind Us We Need to Stop the Risk of Nuclear War

      The U.S. needs to set an example for the rest of the world by taking our nuclear missiles off hair-trigger alert and negotiating a reduction of our arsenal

  • Science News

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    • Putrid plants can reek of hot rotting flesh with one evolutionary trick
      Some stinky plants independently evolved an enzyme to take the same molecule behind our bad breath and turn it into the smell of rotting flesh.
    • $1.8 billion in NIH grant cuts hit minority health research the hardest
      News of NIH funding cuts have trickled out in recent months. A new study tallies what’s been terminated.
    • Teens who want to quit vaping have another medication option
      The drug varenicline, paired with counseling and text messaging support, helped teens and young adults abstain from vaping in a clinical trial.
    • Do cold-water plunges really speed post-workout muscle recovery?
      A new study is among the first to look at whether cold or hot soaks help women’s muscles rebound from extreme exercise.
    • Neandertals invented bone-tipped spears all on their own
      An 80,000-year-old bone point found in Eastern Europe challenges the idea that migrating Homo sapiens gave the technology to Neandertals.
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