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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
- We’ve spotted a huge asteroid spinning impossibly fast
  Astronomers have found a 710-metre-wide asteroid that spins once every 1.9 minutes, so fast that it should have spun itself apart
- Major leap towards reanimation after death as mammal's brain preserved
  A pig's brain has been frozen with its cellular activity locked in place and minimal damage. Some believe the same could be done with the brains of people with a terminal illness, so their mind can be reconstructed and they can "continue with their life"
- Private company to land on asteroid Apophis as it flies close to Earth
  Apophis will be visited by multiple spacecraft – including landers – when it skims past Earth in three years
- How worried should you be about ultra-processed foods?
  We are constantly told to watch out for the health risks of eating ultra-processed food, but should you be worried every time you sit down for a meal? Sam Wong takes a look at the evidence
- Mathematician wins 2026 Abel prize for solving 60-year-old mystery
  Gerd Faltings shocked mathematicians around the world for his 1983 proof of the Mordell conjecture, which brought together seemingly disparate mathematical fields
Scientific American
- Extreme U.S. heat wave smashes all-time hottest March temperature record
  
  An astoundingly strong heat wave is not just setting records across the western U.S.— it’s pulverizing them
- Rival ‘shadow’ group to RFK, Jr.’s autism science committee meets in D.C.
  
  Autism researchers are working to counter a federal autism advisory panel that they say has vaccine skeptic members and a “striking absence of scientific expertise”
- Agnes Pockels’ pioneering work was unfairly dismissed by tropes about women’s domestic roles
  
  Agnes Pockels achievements in surface science have long been overshadowed by a popular and likely untrue story that she became interested in the subject while doing the dishes
- How accurate is the science in Project Hail Mary?
  
  This science-fiction movie plays with quantum physics, space travel, astrobiology and mass-to-energy conversion
- What’s the most massive star in the universe?
  
  Just how big can a star become? The answer depends on when in cosmic history you’re asking the question
Science News
Amid vaccine policy whiplash, here’s how a pediatrician talks to families
A court ruling that blocks Trump administration vaccine policy is a win for science. But much work remains to rebuild trust in vaccines.

How realistic is Project Hail Mary?
Ryan Gosling is on a mission to save the sun — and Earth — from star-killing microbes. Science News dissects the science behind the sci-fi movie.

Check out 6 ways orchids use tricks to reproduce
This spring, these six orchids will lure pollinators with mimicry, scent or other unusual strategies.

Mosquitoes get the ‘I’m full’ signal from their butts, not their brains
Mosquitoes stop feeding because signals from rectal cells tell them they’re full, offering a target for preventing human bites.

GLP-1 microdosers are chasing longevity
Experimenters hope to harness the powerful effects of medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy at doses smaller than those studied most.

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