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Monday December 29th, 2025 day edition

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Honeybee superfood breakthrough uses yeast to produce essential sterols that dying colonies need for survival when natural pollen becomes scarce due to climate change.

Honeybee superfood technology offers hope for reversing global colony collapse by addressing a critical nutritional issue that has long troubled beekeepers.

Scientists at Oxford University have engineered yeast to produce essential sterols that honeybees cannot make themselves but desperately need for healthy brood development.

Their breakthrough addresses the growing crisis of pollen starvation as agricultural intensification and climate change eliminate the diverse flowering plants that bees depend on for survival.

Frequent flowering droughts now leave bees without access to the nutritionally complete pollen they need for raising young bees.

Current artificial feeds lack essential sterols, causing colonies to weaken and eventually collapse even when other nutrients are available.

This honeybee superfood breakthrough revolutionizes our understanding of bee nutrition and offers concrete hope for pollinator conservation. »

FBI deploys more resources to ‘dismantle fraud schemes’ in Minnesota

Authored by theguardian.com

The FBI has deployed additional personnel and investigative resources to Minnesota to “dismantle large-scale fraud schemes exploiting federal programs”, director Kash Patel said on social media on Sunday.

Patel said the FBI believes “this is just the tip of a very large iceberg”.

Patel said the FBI had surged personnel and resources into the state before the video and attendant conversation escalated online. »

'We're Stuck in This Loop of 5 American Cities. Let's Just Get Used to It' — Former Rockstar Dev Reveals GTA: Tokyo 'Almost Actually Happened' but Fell by the Wayside

Authored by ign.com

But according to one former developer, that’s never going to happen — and fans just need to accept it.

“I think it’s unlikely it’s going to be in Bogota next time, especially since there’s just more and more money involved as the project gets bigger.

GTA 6 is of course set to return to Vice City, the GTA series’ fictionalized take on Miami, Florida. »

Harvard morgue manager who sold body parts like ‘baubles’ gets 8-year prison term

Authored by apnews.com

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A former manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue in Boston was sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts “as if they were baubles.”.

After Harvard finishes using a donated body for research or teaching, the body typically is returned to family or cremated. »

Records in Texas AG Ken Paxton’s divorce case are unsealed – Houston Public Media

Authored by houstonpublicmedia.org

The records in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's divorce case have been unsealed.

Judge Robert Brotherton, who is presiding over the case, signed an order Friday morning allowing the records to be made public.

The Texas Newsroom previously published copies of several records — including Paxton's general denial of his wife's divorce petition — before they were sealed. »