- A Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience paper (doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2013.00102) shows that the mood-stabilizer valproate can pharmacologically reopen the “critical period” for learning absolute pitch in adult humans, demonstrating a small-molecule route to re-activate developmental plasticity.

- An NPR article (http://www.npr.org/2014/01/04/259552442/want-perfect-pitch-you-could-pop-a-pill-for-that) popularized the valproate finding as a potential “pill for perfect pitch,” framing it as an accessible form of cognitive enhancement.

- nmz787 shared a 2008 IEEE paper PDF on using the pulsed electro-acoustic method to detect ion migration in printed-circuit-board composites, illustrating open dissemination of materials-science techniques useful for DIY electronics and bio-device fabrication.

- kanzure offered the Linux Cross-Reference site (http://lxr.linux.no/) as a searchable kernel-source browser, a resource relevant for open-source neuro-interface and hardware development.

- The Tumblr “moviecode.tumblr.com” was highlighted as a crowdsourced catalog of real source code that appears in films, with discussion noting that the Japanese film “Battle Royale” contains actual nmap source code.

- Participants traced the cultural lineage of dystopian death-game narratives, observing that “Battle Royale” (novel → film) predates and likely influenced “The Hunger Games,” while “Logan’s Run” was cited as an earlier precedent.