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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
- Lack of sleep may cause anxiety by making us less adaptable to threats
  People who were deprived of sleep overnight didn't seem to adapt to being in a potentially threatening space, which may help explain the link between a lack of shuteye and anxiety
- Diabetes drug metformin may halve the risk of dementia
  Taking metformin, a type 2 diabetes drug, has been linked to a lower risk of dementia over the following decades, but the association isn't conclusive
- Dice discovered that solve decade-long mathematical problem
  After years of searching, mathematicians have found dice that can allow five players to fairly decide who moves first in a board game, with a winner guaranteed from just a single roll
- Plastic bottles can be turned into edible, vanilla-flavour cookies
  Hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic pollution are created each year. One option may be to turn the pollution into food, but critics voice concerns
- ‘Off the charts’ El Niño is already the strongest since records began
  Renowned climate scientist James Hansen says the developing super El Niño has already "blown past" previous events with months to go before it peaks
Scientific American
- ‘Extreme’ wildfire sweeps Nevada as U.S. tallies almost 51,000 wildfires so far this year
  
  A wildfire outside Reno began on August 22 and has already burned more than 15,000 acres of land
- Earth’s oceans just hit their hottest temperature ever recorded
  
  The world’s oceans hit 21.10 degrees Celsius last Saturday, breaking a record set in 2024
- China delays ambitious Chang’e 7 moon mission until 2027
  
  The search for frozen water is crucial to both China’s and NASA’s plans to establish permanent moon bases
- Sorry, Pluto’s still not a planet
  
  On the 20th anniversary of Pluto’s infamous demotion, Mike “Pluto Killer” Brown explains why any reversal of that decision would be driven more by nostalgia than science
- Climate change opens Arctic shipping routes as roadless forest protections face rollback
  
  Forests, extreme weather and the realities of a warming world
Science News
Heat therapy for sick frogs lowers sperm levels
Scientists often use thermal treatment to combat fatal fungal infection in frogs, but it may come at a cost.

Personalized brain stimulation can ease chronic pain
A week-long brain mapping session can lead to lasting relief, a case series of three pain patients shows.

Motor neurons don’t just move muscles. They may direct that motion too
A fruit fly study shows motor neurons do more than relay commands: They send signals back to the brain and organize movement sequences.

Mysteries of the commonplace
Editor in Chief Nancy Shute reviews new research in static electricity and other science revelations in our September magazine issue.

‘Thunderquakes’ do more than shake the ground — they map it
Scientists used fiber-optic cables to turn “thunderquakes” into underground maps that could help reveal hidden hazards beneath cities.

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