- A participant asked whether any commercially available myostatin inhibitors outperform the marketed product myoT12, which reportedly lowers serum myostatin by 46 %.  
- dbolser inquired about open-source software tools for designing molecular inhibitors, highlighting the community’s interest in DIY drug discovery.  
- jebba announced an upcoming meeting with former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson (then a likely presidential candidate) and invited the channel to suggest biotech-policy talking points.  
- kanzure and fenn discussed the Android binary XML (AXML) format; kanzure shared links to a Java parser and a Perl script for converting AXML to human-readable XML, while lamenting the lack of a Ruby-native solution.  
- fenn recommended the manga “BLAME!” for its depiction of autonomous constructor bots, noting that it had been mentioned on the RepRap forums as inspirational for self-replicating machines.  
- The channel briefly marveled at the extravagant Indian sci-fi film “Endhiran,” questioning its funding and production scale.