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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
- Digital map lets you explore the Roman Empire's vast road network
  Archaeologists have compiled the most detailed map yet of roads throughout the Roman Empire in AD 150, totalling almost 300,000 kilometres in length
- A three-legged lion has learned to hunt in a completely unexpected way
  Jacob, an 11-year-old lion, has defied expectations by surviving for years after losing a leg – now we know his success is down to an innovative hunting strategy
- Ancient DNA may rewrite the story of Iceland's earliest settlers
  Biochemical evidence suggests Norse people settled in Iceland almost 70 years before the accepted arrival date of the 870s, and didn't chop down the island's forests
- Grafting trick could let us gene-edit a huge variety of plants
  Many plants including cocoa, coffee and avocado cannot be gene-edited but a technique involving grafting could change that, opening the door to more productive and nutritious varieties
- Skeleton with brutal injuries identified as duke assassinated in 1272
  The identity of a skeleton buried under a Budapest convent has been confirmed as Béla of Macsó, a Hungarian royal murdered in a 13th-century power struggle, and archaeologists have pieced together how the attack unfolded
Scientific American
- Study Suggests COVID Pandemic May Have Aged Everyone’s Brain
  
  Immunologist Zachary Rubin explains how, according to a recent study, living through a pandemic might accelerate brain aging.
- Two Vaquita Calves Offer Flicker of Hope for Most Endangered Porpoises on Earth
  
  The latest report shows that the estimated number of endangered vaquita porpoises has modestly increased
- AI Decodes Visual Brain Activity—and Writes Captions for It
  
  A non-invasive imaging technique can translate scenes in your head into sentences. It could help to reveal how the brain interprets the world
- An Opera Explores the Story of Rosalind Franklin and the Discovery of DNA
  
  Betrayal, ambition and the double helix: turning Rosalind Franklin’s story and the discovery of the structure of DNA into an opera
- Ancient Roman Roads Mapped in Detail from Great Britain to North Africa
  
  New findings increase the known length of the Roman Empire’s road network by more than 60,000 miles
Science News
Woodpecker hammering is a full-body affair
The birds grunt like tennis pros when generating their rat-a-tat, a performance strategy that may help stabilize core muscles.

Water jets may break up into droplets thanks to jiggling molecules
Streams of liquid form drops thanks to unidentified disturbances. It could be the jiggling of individual molecules.

How did Pluto capture its largest moon, Charon?
Planetary scientist Adeene Denton runs computer simulations to investigate Pluto, the moons of Saturn and other icy bodies in the solar system.

There’s math behind this maddening golf mishap
Math and physics explain the anguish of a golf ball that zings around the rim of the hole instead of falling in.

See the largest, most detailed radio image of the Milky Way yet
Supernova remnants, stellar nurseries and more populate the new edge-on view of the Milky Way as seen from Earth’s southern hemisphere.

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