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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
- The secret project to settle controversial maths proof with a computer
  Working in secret for more than two years, a group of mathematicians has set out to resolve of the longest and most bitter battles in modern mathematics
- Quantum batteries could be charged by reversing time
  Physicists have shown how time can effectively be reversed for some quantum systems, which would allow for new ways to harvest energy
- Physicists resolve a long-standing puzzle over the size of a proton
  Two extremely precise experiments agree with a previously shocking measurement of just how big the proton is, which may help future searches for new particles
- Chimpanzee group's violent rupture hints at evolutionary roots of war
  Researchers who observed a murderous conflict unfolding in a once-unified group of wild chimpanzees say there are parallels with civil wars in human societies
- Mysterious 'compound X' clears toxic Parkinson’s proteins from brain
  A drug known only as compound X helped to remove the problematic proteins associated with Parkinson's disease from the brains of mice, and improved their balance and mobility
Scientific American
- The Expanse authors James S. A. Corey explore alien war in new book The Faith of Beasts
  
  Award winning duo James S. A. Corey show humanity’s struggle with staggering alien power in their latest installment of the Captive’s War series
- New particle mass measurement deepens quantum mystery
  
  A new calculation helps narrow down the mass of the W boson, one of the heaviest fundamental particles in the universe
- Watch live—NASA’s Artemis II crew returns to Earth
  
  On Friday these four astronauts and their Orion spacecraft will splash down in the Pacific Ocean after a 10-day mission around the moon
- NASA’s Artemis II crew returns today—here’s what to know ahead of splashdown
  
  After a 10-day mission around the moon, the Artemis IIastronauts will have traveled nearly 700,000 miles
- Why bombing Iran's nuclear power plant could cause an environmental disaster
  
  Strikes to Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant could release long-lasting radioactive cesium 137 into the Persian Gulf, causing environmental calamity and threatening drinking-water supplies for millions
Science News
Artemis II nears its finale
After looping around the moon, the Artemis II crew — and their capsule’s heat shield — are preparing for the mission’s final major test: coming home.

Exploding black holes could explain an antimatter mystery
Shock waves from tiny black holes in the early universe could explain how antimatter became so rare while matter is common.

Crossword: Traveling Light
Solve the crossword from our May 2026 issue, in which we expand the way we see the universe.

Seeing and imagining activate some of the same brain cells
By recording brain activity directly, scientists showed that imagining an object can revive parts of the neural pattern used to see it.

Emperor penguins are marching toward extinction. Antarctica fur seals too
Conservationists now list the penguins and seals as “Endangered.” Climate change in Antarctica has led to plunging populations.

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