- Flu-vaccination longevity study: a 40 % drop in all-cause mortality within one year after vaccination is reported, prompting skepticism that the effect is likely due to lifestyle confounding rather than biological causation.  
- Google Flu Trends is highlighted as a demonstration that aggregated search-query data can predict influenza outbreaks faster than traditional epidemiological surveillance.  
- Cryobiology terminology debate: participants distinguish “equilibrium vitrification” (slow, high-cryoprotectant perfusion used in cryonics) from “kinetic vitrification” (rapid cooling), noting widespread confusion among mainstream cryobiologists.  
- Cryonics is described as currently relying on equilibrium vitrification, yet critics like PZ Myers misinterpret the term, conflating it with rapid-cooling kinetic vitrification.  
- A link to the open-access book “Current Frontiers in Cryobiology” is shared, with its first chapter containing an anti-cryonics polemic that sparks discussion.  
- The field of cryobiology is characterized as small and underfunded, with most research driven by assisted-reproduction and blood-banking applications rather than large-scale NIH support.