- A Nature paper on selective clearance of p16-Ink4a-positive senescent cells was shared; the PDF was subsequently mirrored at diyhpl.us/~bryan/papers2/longevity/Clearance%20of%20p16-Ink4a-positive%20senescent%20cell%20delays%20ageing-associated%20disorders.pdf.  
- Discussion of open-source data-extraction tools: the OKFN “Data Digitizer” (demo at datadigitizer.dev.okfn.org, code on GitHub) was highlighted as a way to turn published tables into machine-readable data, with a call for OCR-like interfaces that visually confirm column/row segmentation.  
- A PLOS–Mendeley “Binary Battle” public-vote link (surveygizmo.com/s3/722753/Mendeley-PLoS-Binary-Battle-Public-Vote) was circulated to support open-science software projects.  
- A Circulation Research article showing that fetal cells migrate to injured maternal heart tissue and differentiate into cardiomyocytes was posted (circres.ahajournals.org/content/early/2011/11/11/CIRCRESAHA.111.249037).  
- Channel participants debated cultural “devolution,” arguing that modern society lacks the unifying global threat or agenda that once drove rapid civilizational progress, and speculated that historical cultures given today’s tools might outperform contemporary technologists.