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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
- Shoes may change the structure of our ankle bones
  Wearing shoes seems to affect the density and volume of a spongy network within a bone in our ankles, which could affect the validity of previous research into the evolution of walking
- The most ambitious ideas to save the world from El Niño
  A monster El Niño is brewing in the Pacific Ocean – but there may be ways we can stop the worst impacts from occurring
- Nobel prize in physics awarded for discovery of high-energy neutrinos
  The 2026 Nobel prize in physics has been won by Francis Halzen for his work on neutrinos, which serve as 'ghost-like messengers from the cosmos'
- Extinct yak relative discovered from DNA in Denisova cave
  Genetic analysis of hundreds of tiny bone fragments found in the same cave that yielded the first fossil remains of the Denisovans has revealed that the region was once also home to a previously unknown species of yak
- AI finds bafflingly complex but beautiful symmetrical Venn diagram
  Creating rotationally symmetrical Venn diagrams of increasing size is a long-standing mathematical challenge - now an amateur has used AI to generate the largest ones yet
Scientific American
- Two meteor showers are lighting up the October sky—here’s how to see them
  
  The Draconids and Orionids both peak this month
- What makes a good AI safety test? Experts explain why even the best techniques may not be powerful enough
  
  “With today’s science we usually can’t show with high confidence that dangerous behavior isn’t there”
- 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Francis Halzen for discovery of high-energy neutrinos
  
  Francis Halzen is a leader in the study of neutrinos, ghostly particles from across the universe that hint at exciting new physics
- These Super Mario levels are mathematically unsolvable
  
  In math and Mario Land, there are questions that are algorithmically undecidable, meaning they will demonstrably never have an answer
- United Arab Emirates to launch spacecraft to probe seven asteroids in 2028
  
  The country’s space program is new and ambitious, having already sent a mission into Mars orbit
Science News
‘A Mother’s Brain’ explores the neuroscience of motherhood
Neuroscientist Susana Carmona’s book guides readers through a new mom’s changing brain.

The world’s loudest bird could drown out a rock concert
Bigger bodies and wider beaks help birds like the bare-throated bellbird belt out calls louder than a jackhammer, but why such volume evolved remains unclear.

Your voice is more than sound. It’s part of who you are
The human brain is built to hear voices. Speaking connects us to other people — and ourselves. What do our voices reveal about ourselves?

Scientists may have seen dark matter. If they did, what exactly is it?
One theory points to a long-awaited supersymmetric particle called a ‘higgsino.’ But that idea has some issues.

A ‘phoenix’ planet was born from the ashes of its dead star
Finding the potential planet hints that our sun’s death could lead to the creation of new worlds.

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