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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
- Flood of AI 'garbage' is pushing open-source developers to the limit
  The modern world depends on open-source software maintained by volunteers, but the added demands of checking and fixing AI-written submissions are causing some to burn out and quit
- A chromosome from a frozen rat has been resurrected inside mice
  Mice that contain cells with an added rat chromosome have been created by scientists. The next step is to try this with frozen elephant tissue – and if that works, the team will try it with frozen mammoths
- Becoming a parent may make you love your partner less
  Parents report loving their partners less within the first year of having a child, but that doesn't mean the feeling is permanent or inevitable
- Mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the Atlantic suggests the AMOC is weakening
  A patch of ocean south-east of Greenland is the only place on Earth that is cooling, and it could be a sign that the warm water "conveyor belt" in the Atlantic is slowing down
- The looming El Niño could be bad – but much worse is to come
  Global warming will amplify the impacts of El Niño events, and could also make them much stronger and more far-reaching
Scientific American
- Planets aplenty may lurk around supermassive black holes
  
  Planets might exist in the least likely place you’d imagine—around the outskirts of supermassive black holes
- How breast cancer screening can predict heart disease risk
  
  AI analysis of mammograms could provide a “bonus finding” for heart disease
- PCOS is now PMOS: What went behind renaming the common condition
  
  A physician involved in the long push to change the name PCOS to PMOS takes us behind the scenes of this subtle yet consequential change
- Trump invokes Defense Production Act to keep U.S. coal plants running
  
  Coal is the most significant fossil fuel contributor to climate change
- Remote work is making Americans lonelier and sadder, new study suggests
  
  Remote and hybrid work can have benefits, but a study involving more than 588,000 people suggest they may take a serious mental toll
Science News
Honeybees and shrimp are now getting vaccinated
A shrimp vaccine for commercial use could protect the environment and prove vaccines aren’t just for vertebrates.

This tiny, blue octopus is new to science
The deep-sea octopus is fully mature despite fitting in a palm, a trait researchers think may help it reproduce faster than larger relatives.

Remote workers feel isolated. Back-to-office mandates are not a fix
Making social connection part of job design, whether people work remotely, hybrid or in-person, is key to supporting employees‘ well-being.

Bumblebees can solve problems on their own
With no training, bumblebees can work out how to use a ball like a ladder to feed on sugar from an out-of-reach flower.

Even quiet black holes create winds, new Milky Way observations reveal
New observations suggest the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way’s core is blowing gas away from the central behemoth.

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