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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
- AI confirms a long-suspected limit on quantum computers’ advantages
  AI-powered proof has rigorously proved that using quantum computers would not have huge advantages for a whole class of mathematical problems, confirming a vastly influential conjecture.
- A robot has assembled a structure in space for the first time
  Autonomous in-orbit manufacturing will be key to any future space economy, and researchers have taken the first step with a robot building a radio antenna without astronaut assistance
- Economics, not climate summits, will dictate the net-zero transition
  World leaders at COP31 show little enthusiasm for phasing out fossil fuels, but the plummeting costs of renewable energy will be the key factor in how quickly we can rein in global warming
- Pink noise played during sleep shows promise for Alzheimer’s memory loss
  There is some evidence that pink noise signals can boost the brain's ability to clear out waste products. Now there are some indications that this might improve memory performance in people with Alzheimer's
- A little-known immune condition is being mistaken for food allergies
  Doctors are calling for greater awareness of eosinophilic oesophagitis, a chronic condition that can cause symptoms similar to anaphylaxis
Scientific American
- Why did a Brooklyn building collapse so suddenly? Experts weigh in
  
  The devastating incident on Wednesday has left at least eight people dead and more than a dozen injured
- Can a microdose of Ozempic help you live longer?
  
  Tiny doses of GLP-1s are being marketed as antiaging drugs, but what evidence is there?
- AI is disrupting math. Is science next?
  
  Mathematicians will remember 2026 as the year AI changed everything about their field. Scientists may be next in line for disruption
- Jensen Huang leaving Nvidia risks a ‘brain drain’ from the AI chipmaker
  
  Nvidia’s chips power the AI frontier—thanks, many say, to co-founder and now ex-CEO Jensen Huang
- This asteroid was born at the dawn of the solar system
  
  Ryugu might have formed in the very first generation of planetary building blocks
Science News
The brain’s fear center moonlights as the save button for memories
What determines which moments are remembered? The amygdala, typically associated with regulating fear and aggression, may play a major role

Europe’s Hera mission is ready to double down on asteroid science
Europe’s Hera spacecraft is just beginning its exploration of the binary asteroid Didymos in a mission that’s tantalizing scientists on two fronts.

Stone Age children left fingerprints on ancient art projects
Natufian hunter-gatherers may have shown their kids how to sculpt clay, sets of preserved fingerprints suggest.

This magic mushroom can kill
Researchers in Florida unearthed a “dark magic mushroom” that boasts a combination of hallucinogenic and poisonous traits.

Light is hard to block from every direction. This physicist found a way
Physicist Stefano Martiniani uses a computer algorithm to design new materials that could help advance light-based computers.

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