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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
- SpaceX’s Starship will orbit Earth for first time during next flight
  Starship's next test flight will be its first orbital mission. The craft will also release working Starlink V3 satellites for the first time, making the flight the first commercially useful Starship mission
- Physicists are scrambling to make sense of possible dark matter signal
  Following the possible recent detection of a dark matter particle, researchers have already come up with a veritable cornucopia of possible models for what sort of particle it might have been
- Fishapod fossil shows early elbows came in a variety of forms
  The fish that preceded the first four-legged land animals came in a wider variety of forms than we had thought, and fossils show that one had an elbow joint that moved in an oddly restrictive way
- Our brain evolved from two primitive nervous systems that merged
  The front and back parts of our brain come from different progenitor cells in embryos, which suggests they evolved as separate entities
- See the dazzling images that won Astronomy Photographer of the Year
  Stunning pictures of nebulae, stars, the moon and more took top prizes in this year's astrophotography competition, organised by the Royal Observatory in London
Scientific American
- Could brain-inspired computers run on the same amount of power as a human brain?
  
  The human brain uses about the same amount of wattage as a lightbulb
- Why AI is speeding up scientific research but not lab experiments
  
  A new report from Google, Google DeepMind and M.I.T. finds that researchers are using AI—a lot. It’s just not helping as much in the lab
- What does OpenAI’s blockbuster mathematics proof mean for the real world?
  
  OpenAI’s claimed proof of the Navier-Stokes problem is a mathematical tour de force, but any real-world applications may be years away—if they ever arrive at all
- NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope glimpses its first cosmic light
  
  The space telescope is set to reveal thousands of new exoplanets and scour the universe for signs of dark matter and energy
- What changing ‘Lake Ontario’ to ‘Lake America’ means for weather forecasts
  
  The National Weather Service is speeding ahead with changing the name of the Great Lake
Science News
Surviving the summer
Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses existential threats to humankind: extreme heat, never-ending drought and a plan to provide Earth with sunlight on demand.

Will the U.S. megadrought ever end?
For 27 years, the Southwest has been gripped by a historic drought. Scientists think it might be here to stay.

This ‘anti-vampiric’ grave used two strategies to stop the undead
A sickle across the throat and a padlock on the toe were likely meant to keep this 17th-century Polish teen from resurrecting.

What’s behind ‘one of paleontology’s most enduring enigmas’?
New research suggests that Paleodictyon — honeycomb-shaped formations perhaps sketched by da Vinci — are not made by soft-bodied creatures.

Math puzzle: Shape-birding
Solve the math puzzle from our October 2026 issue, in which a bird watcher seeks an indoor hobby.

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