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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
- Historic Artemis II launch sends astronauts bound for the moon
  Four astronauts have begun a 10-day journey around the moon and back again, the first crewed flight to the moon since 1972
- Astronauts are ready to return to the moon on Artemis II mission
  NASA’s Artemis II mission will be the first time humans have been around the moon in half a century, and its next launch window opens on 1 April
- Tobacco plant altered to produce five psychedelic drugs
  Genetically engineering tobacco plants could enable a more sustainable production method for psychedelic drugs, which are increasingly in demand for research and medical uses
- Plug-in solar is coming – how dangerous is it and is it worth it?
  Plug-in solar panels are a cheaper, simpler alternative to professionally installed panels. But can they really reduce energy bills and are they safe? Matthew Sparkes investigates
- The first quantum computer to break encryption is now shockingly close
  Traditional encryption methods have long been vulnerable to quantum computers, but two new analyses suggest a capable enough machine may be built much sooner than previously thought
Scientific American
- Humans have been gambling since the Ice Age
  
  A new archeological finding shows that Native Americans were exploring probability through games of chance far earlier than their Old World counterparts
- NASA Artemis II astronauts “safe” and “secure" as they journey toward the moon, officials say
  
  NASA launched the Artemis II moon mission on Wednesday, April 1—a date that will enable the crew to observe the moon pass in front of the sun from space
- NASA’s Artemis II mission launches four astronauts to the moon
  
  A daring 10-day voyage will take four astronauts on a loop around the moon and set the stage for future forays to the lunar surface
- Secrets of color vision could hold clues to treating nearsightedness
  
  Knowing how your eye optimizes vision could have big implications for the progression of nearsightedness
- What the Meta and Google verdict means for social media design
  
  A Los Angeles jury found Instagram and YouTube negligent in how they were built, opening a new legal fight over how courts view social media
Science News
The oldest known dice date back about 12,000 years in North America
A study of ancient artifacts suggests Native American dice games began thousands of years earlier than previously documented.

Artemis II sends humans around the moon for first time since Apollo
Artemis II is underway, carrying four astronauts around the moon on a 10-day mission to test systems for later lunar flights and an eventual moon base.

Digital heart twins can guide a lifesaving procedure
Heart replicas helped doctors spot good targets for ablation in 10 patients. Months later, all of them are free of sustained faulty rhythms.

A fossil reveals early relatives of spiders — armed with claws
A Utah fossil shows early relatives of spiders and scorpions already had distinctive front claws 500 million years ago.

Just 10,000 quantum bits might crack internet encryption schemes
Quantum computers based on atoms could provide access to encrypted data much sooner than scientists thought.

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