- OpenWorm’s browser-based 3-D viewer (http://browser.openworm.org) was highlighted as the most exciting item in a batch of forwarded links, underscoring growing interest in open-source whole-organism simulation.  
- A curated list of neuro-anatomy connectivity databases was shared (PMC2655718, Table 1), giving researchers a centralized set of resources for wiring-diagram–level neuroscience data.  
- Discussion of a Rockethub crowdfunding campaign for autoradiography of radiolabelled amphetamines questioned the scientific payoff: critics noted the project would generate micrographs showing vacuolation already known to occur, while offering funders no IP or downstream benefit.  
- Leaked FBI e-mail/password pairs (pastebin.com/BjZMZV63) were parsed for any agents assigned to biohacker surveillance; none of ~20 known agent identities appeared in the dump.  
- A Hacker News thread on speed-limit policy (item 4526639) triggered debate on whether higher limits measurably increase fatalities, with participants rejecting simple “speed-kills” models and citing real-world data.  
- ImplicitCAD, a Haskell-based DSL for programmatic 3-D solid modeling (implicitcad.org), was introduced as a tool for reproducible hardware design in the open-science hardware stack.  
- Feasibility of residential rooftop solar was framed in investment terms: 6–7 % annual, low-risk ROI now makes PV “worth adding to an existing house” in many markets.  
- A brief exchange on quantum-mysticism memes (“consciousness collapses the wavefunction”) served as a reminder of ongoing skepticism toward pop-science interpretations of QM in transhumanist circles.