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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
- Tiny 'metajets' could use light to steer sails for interstellar travel
  Minuscule silicon wafers propelled by lasers could be used to steer light sails, helping them travel beyond the solar system
- There has been a sudden increase in the rate of sea level rise
  Satellite measurements show that in the early 2010s sea level rise suddenly accelerated to a rate of 4.1 millimetres per year, possibly in response to an increase in the rate of global warming
- A vast dam across the Bering Strait could stop the AMOC collapsing
  If a key ocean current collapses it could plunge northern Europe into a big freeze. Now researchers are weighing up a drastic intervention – building a 130-kilometre-wide dam between the US and Russia
- Neanderthal 'kneeprint' found next to mysterious stalagmite circle
  An impression made in clay around 175,000 years ago could be a kneeprint left by one of the builders of a strange stalagmite circle found deep inside Bruniquel cave in south-west France
- US government releases huge batch of UFO files
  The US Department of Defense has released hundreds of documents and photographs related to UFOs, some of which have been declassified, in the first of many drops to come
Scientific American
- Is testosterone therapy safe and effective? What we know
  
  Some clinicians are pushing to broaden testosterone use, but there is debate about its benefits and risks
- The mangled remains of probes sent to Venus may still be there
  
  Scientists long assumed Venus’s harsh environment would quickly destroy artifacts from probe missions. But a new study makes a compelling case to the contrary
- Celebrate Mother’s Day with nine bold, beautiful and bizarre animal moms
  
  Here are some of the most fascinating facts about animal moms, from naked mole rats to giraffes and octopuses
- This organoid can menstruate—and shows how tissue can repair itself
  
  Mini models of the uterus lining give insight into mystery of how it is shed without scarring
- Top climate research center at risk of cuts sues Trump administration
  
  Universities that run the National Center for Atmospheric Research want to keep it from being dismantled
Science News
If wings came before flight, what were they for?
Scientists use simulated dinosaurs to trigger real insect brains and test how wings originally evolved.

To understand black holes, physicists turn to a mathematical ‘Rosetta stone’
A link between particle physics and gravity equations, called the double copy, applies to Hawking radiation, creating a new way into black hole puzzles.

Why some brain cells are particularly vulnerable to multiple sclerosis
DNA damage from inflammation outpaces the cells’ ability to self-repair. The finding, in human brain cells and mice, could point to new MS treatments.

A grapefruit-sized quantum device mapped Earth’s magnetic field from space
On the International Space Station, a cube holding a diamond-based sensor revealed the potential for quantum magnetometers.

25 people learned to fly with virtual wings. Here’s how the brain changed
A new study shows learning to fly in virtual reality with virtual wings can reshape the brain, making it treat wings more like body parts.

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