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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
- Scientists can’t stop using AI, even when forbidden from doing so
  When scientists were asked to review papers for a conference without using AI tools, many of them ignored the request and used AI anyway
- Our food system is vulnerable to El Niño, warns UK climate minister
  Extreme weather could damage harvests worldwide, but the answer is more local food production, not stockpiling, Katie White said in an interview with New Scientist
- AI finds 3D shape that fills all space with a never-repeating pattern
  A 3D shape that can tile 3D space, leaving no gaps and never forming a repeating pattern, has been discovered using an AI model. The researcher behind the findings, who has no academic background in the area, says his work has angered professional mathematicians
- Why is this monster El Niño so strong?
  Though the El Niño is still months from its peak, it is already breaking many records. Two main factors are behind how it became so powerful
- Blood test could gauge if a baby has a dangerous infection in 15 minutes
  Feverish babies in hospital are often assumed to have a serious bacterial infection and are treated with antibiotics. But a test that gauges whether the infection is bacterial or viral, which tend to be milder, could prevent unnecessary drug use
Scientific American
- NASA to attempt uncrewed and crewed missions with Boeing’s troubled Starliner spacecraft
  
  Starliner hasn’t flown since its failed 2024 mission left two astronauts onboard the International Space Station for 286 days
- TikTok influencers are promoting a home remedy to boost the immune system that could cause botulism
  
  No, fermenting garlic in honey is not a replacement for antibiotic or antiviral meds
- Trump announces relaxed fuel economy standards
  
  Environmental advocates have decried the move
- Surprising result seen in primordial matter inside atom smasher
  
  Physicists at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider on Long Island have seen hints of a phase transition from the early universe
- SpaceX’s Starship lifts off in make-or-break orbital test flight
  
  The world’s largest rocket successfully entered orbit for the first time—a milestone for SpaceX and a relief for future NASA moon missions
Science News
Magnetism may have helped kick-start our solar system
Ancient meteorites reveal a powerful magnetic field that may have helped feed the growing sun.

Peru’s penguins are on the brink. A super El Niño could make it worse.
Avian flu, overfishing, and a super El Niño have decimated Peru’s largest colony of Humboldt penguins. Scientists are holding out hope that their numbers will bounce back.

These are the first feathers ever found in fossilized dinosaur poop
The rare fossil hints that differences in plumage may explain why some Cretaceous-era birds survived an asteroid impact but others died.

See the secret to DNA hookups
A record player-like microscope and computer simulations solve a longtime mystery, showing that metal ions bridge DNA strands that would normally repel.

Meet the newest living cat species, the first described in 100 years
Genetic testing of two tiny tiger cats from Bolivia revealed a new species, adding a new branch to the feline family tree.

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