- Rob Rhinehart’s “Soylent” liquid-food experiment was profiled by Vice, sparking debate on whether current nutritional science is complete enough to replace normal meals; several channel members plan to test the regimen themselves.  
- A long discussion compared ultra-concentrated cannabis “shatter oil” (THC wax) to traditional stimulants, noting that sativa-dominant extracts with >20:1 THC:cannabinol ratios are reported by some users to boost productivity comparably to Adderall, while others experience paranoia.  
- Extraction safety and legality were raised: DIY butane extraction has caused burns, prompting concern that Colorado’s forthcoming recreational-cannabis regulations might restrict or ban shatter-oil production.  
- Seattle Biohacker Space launched a Microryza crowdfunding campaign to finance shared lab equipment and rent, illustrating the growing use of targeted crowdfunding for grassroots biotech infrastructure.  
- East Bay DIYbio set up a new public MediaWiki on Heroku (https://eastbay-diybio.herokuapp.com) to collect protocols and project pages, joining similar regional portals for Portland and other West-Coast biohacker groups.  
- DIYhpluswiki added a CSV compilation of open-source genetic-modification ideas and a list of Portland-area biohackers, continuing the channel’s effort to centralize open transhumanist resources.  
- A cryopreservation paper on human brain tissue and several carbene-insertion chemistry papers were retrieved via the channel’s paperbot, highlighting ongoing interest in both brain banking and synthetic-biology precursors.  
- Questions were posed about the relative numbers of “enthusiast biohackers” versus industry and academic practitioners, revealing uncertainty over how to define an “academia biohacker.”