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A peer-reviewed study in Science reports that Bombus terrestris workers could solve a novel object-manipulation task by moving a ball to reach an otherwise inaccessible artificial flower, according to the journal article, its Dryad data record and reporting by Ars Technica on 4 June 2026.
A Nature study published on 1 June reported that a smartphone-based deep-learning system estimated heart rate and daily resting heart rate from short facial video clips captured during ordinary phone use, while identifying limits around motion, lighting, battery use, privacy and clinical deployment.
Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it had built Majorana 2, a new topological quantum chip using a revised materials stack, but independent physicists quoted by Scientific American said the evidence behind the claim remains unpublished and not yet peer-reviewed.
China launched the Shenzhou-23 crewed spacecraft from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Sunday, 24 May 2026, sending three astronauts to the Tiangong space station, including one expected to remain in orbit for about a year.
A study of 21,439 river reaches spanning 1985 to 2023 found that 78.8% showed declining dissolved oxygen levels, with climate-driven temperature rise accounting for 62.7% of the total change, according to research published 15 May 2026 in *Science Advances* [1].