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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
- Photons behave very strangely if you try to cut them
  Particles of light cannot be divided into smaller particles, but if you try to snip off the end of one, instead of shortening it multiplies
- Glaciers in the 'roof of the world' have suddenly started melting
  Until recently, the Pamir mountains in central Asia have bucked the global melting trend, but in 2025, the region’s glaciers experienced a massive loss of ice due to extreme heat
- Aim high but don't shoot for the moon, mathematicians advise
  According to a mathematical model of how people weigh up different outcomes, the optimal strategy is to be ambitious, but not overly so
- Horror video game gets its creepiness from a quantum computer
  Quantum Backrooms is a horror game in which the player explores eerie rooms. The twist is that the rooms have been generated by a quantum computer
- Mirror life: Scientists clash over threat of lab-engineered bacteria
  Bacteria created using mirror images of natural biomolecules would pose a grave threat to life on Earth, some researchers warn, but a new study suggests they would struggle to survive in the wild
Scientific American
- New protein-folding AI vastly expands on Alphafold's efforts
  
  The new open-source atlas, generated by an AI tool called ESMFold2, vastly increases the known protein universe
- NASA’s Hubble captures gorgeous new photo of a spiral galaxy as it wanders through the Virgo Cluster
  
  Messier 88 is an active galaxy with a central supermassive black hole that is gobbling up gas and dust
- How the success of D-Day hinged on a weather forecast
  
  As General Dwight D. Eisenhower prepared for D-Day, he needed a forecast. The new movie Pressure shows the tense make-or-break weather prediction that led to the successful invasion of Europe that spelled the beginning of the end of World War II
- Why high-bandwidth memory is a bottleneck for AI chips
  
  High-bandwidth memory keeps powerful AI chips fed with data, and demand for it helped Boise-based Micron briefly top $1 trillion
- Retatrutide results spark questions about how rapid weight loss affects the body
  
  New-generation GLP-1 drugs, such as retatrutide, are achieving higher rates of weight loss. How much weight is too much and too fast to lose?
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Here’s how to make an origami torus with the fewest folds possible
A mathematician found the most efficient way to fold paper into a doughnutlike shape.

Europa may not vent water into space after all
The debate could reopen in 2030 when NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft gets the closest view of the icy moon’s surface.

Homing pigeons may use a surprising navigation mechanism
How animals navigate by Earth's magnetic field is hotly debated. New research in pigeons points to iron-laden liver immune cells as the compass.

Can DEET attract mosquitoes? A lab study offers clues
Lab experiments suggest mosquitoes can smell DEET and learn to associate it with food, but it’s unclear whether that happens in the wild.

A $4 tongue swab test detects tuberculosis within 30 minutes
The new test may catch active tuberculosis in those with low access to health care or who have trouble making the phlegm needed for traditional tests.

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