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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
- Prehistoric Britons may have made giant stone axes to show off
  Unusually large handaxes weighing up to 3 kilograms have puzzled archaeologists because they are so unwieldy, but their function may have been purely symbolic
- Weird ‘ultraquantum’ turbulence seen for the first time
  An experiment with ultracold potassium atoms has revealed details of a type of turbulence that only exists in the quantum realm and relies on odd tangles of stringy whirlpools
- Antipersonnel mines have returned in Ukraine and now threaten the world
  3D printing, microcontrollers and drones have enabled the resurgence of antipersonnel mines in the Russia-Ukraine war, making mines deadlier and more accessible
- An unexpected feedback loop may be driving mega heatwaves
  Dry soil and high pressure can amplify extreme heat, helping to explain why regions like Europe are suffering record-shattering heatwaves much earlier than climate models predicted
- Record-breaking, fast-spinning magnet could help uncover new physics
  A magnet barely wider than a human hair is one of the fastest spinning objects ever and could be useful for both fundamental physics experiments and in quantum technology
Scientific American
- The coin-flipping trick that counts the Internet
  
  Here’s how the ubiquitous HyperLogLog algorithm works
- Bursts of ‘pink noise’ during sleep could help your brain clean itself
  
  Triggering a flow of the brain’s cleaning fluid could lead to better sleep—and may decrease harmful waste particles
- Why measles is spreading again, how hackers are targeting freezers, and whether cats fart
  
  One story asks whether cats fart. The others are a lot less funny
- Why do some people hear pitch better than others? Internal noise may be the key
  
  The less internal noise you have, the more reliably you can tell similar sounds apart
- Acorns—not deer—can predict a rise in Lyme-spreading ticks
  
  Despite deer’s essential role in tick reproduction, looking to acorn numbers instead can forecast Lyme disease booms almost two years in advance
Science News
Drugs like Ozempic may help reverse chronic kidney disease
Scientists found that semaglutide, Ozempic’s key ingredient, repaired blood vessels, dampened inflammation and improved kidney function in patients.

A high-fiber diet may clear away plastic in the gut
Research in mice shows that fiber may literally wrap around plastic particles to remove them from the gut.

This may be the best evidence yet that dinosaur blood can fossilize
Imaging and chemical analysis of a 115-million-year-old dinosaur fossil points to blood cells. But some aren't convinced.

This armored amphibian once lived and hunted on the seafloor
Gerrothorax maritimus, which existed about 237 million years ago, is the first ever amphibian known to have lived without access to land or freshwater.

How octopuses squeeze through tiny openings, step by step
In the lab, octopuses used specific moves to slip arms and a bulbous body through tiny holes. The finding could inspire new body plans for soft robots.

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