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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
- Inhaling CO2 may rescue nerves’ ability to regrow
  Breathing out after birth switches off the ability of tissues to regenerate, a study in mice suggests. But the pathway seems to be reversible
- Key oddity of quantum physics may run even deeper than anticipated
  Quantum mechanics stands out by being probabilistic and a new analysis suggests that this property can be traced unexpectedly deep into the theory’s mathematical foundations
- Why the world’s first spinal cord transplant is so controversial
  A spinal cord transplant happened in people for the first time during a surgery in Russia, but the evidence underpinning it is lacking
- There may be a new dwarf planet just beyond Pluto
  Astronomers spotted what appears to be a dwarf planet in the outer solar system using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory – if confirmed, it joins a small and exclusive club
- Access to stone as well as water governed where early humans lived
  The sands of the Arabian peninsula were once dotted with lakes that teemed with life, but early humans avoided them unless they came with easy access to stone for tool-making
Scientific American
- Scientists can now rewire living brains
  
  The tool could eventually lead to an entirely new approach for treating mental health
- Five things you need to know about the Trump administration’s rollback of methane regulations
  
  The gas is a major driver of climate change
- Mathematicians find an infinite number of Ramanujan equations
  
  Knots show how to generate infinitely many formulas of a kind developed by the visionary genius
- Can the world’s religions survive the existence of aliens?
  
  Finding alien life could shake some people to their very souls, but different religions can take very distinct approaches to the existence of extraterrestrial life
- RFK, Jr., loosens restrictions for six popular peptides, bypassing the FDA
  
  Under the new policy, compounded combinations of these unproven peptides can now be dispensed by certain pharmacies
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A striking Mars cloud may be born from surprising physics
Everyday Earth clouds get their start with a bit of salt or dust. Not so the Red Planet's Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud, computer models suggest.

Three-quarters of NFL football players may end up with CTE
The first estimate of CTE prevalence across the NFL suggests 75 percent of players may suffer from the neurodegenerative disease.

Why do flamingos dance while they eat? This scientist found out
Beautiful ripples drew Víctor Ortega Jiménez to feeding flamingos. Unraveling their secret could inspire new ways to filter water.

Comets probably didn’t deliver life’s building blocks to Earth
Most comets would have hit Earth with too much speed and at too sharp an angle for life-giving molecules to survive impact, a new study suggests.

How brain implants turn thoughts into speech
New brain-computer interfaces turn attempted speech into words and can speak them in a voice resembling the user’s own.

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