- The Zeigarnik effect—unfinished tasks are remembered better than completed ones—was highlighted as a psychological lever for motivation and memory.  
- A Nature paper showed that age-related mitochondrial respiration defects in human fibroblasts are reversible through epigenetic reprogramming and can be rescued by glycine supplementation, implicating the GCAT and SHMT2 genes.  
- Discussion of mitochondrial aging questioned how oocyte mitochondria remain “young” across generations, prompting debate on whether gametogenesis includes a rejuvenation mechanism.  
- A Dutch DIY-Bio meetup on transcranial ultrasound (TUS) was announced, aiming to explore non-invasive brain stimulation techniques.  
- A simple Arduino-based ECG project was proposed; participants cautioned that omitting amplifiers yields unusable signals and stressed electrical-isolation safety when attaching circuits to humans.  
- A viral video of Volvo’s self-parking car accidentally striking pedestrians sparked debate on over-trust in AI safety systems and the need for transparent feature disclosure.  
- Allen Brain Atlas tutorials were shared as a resource for navigating open neuroanatomy and gene-expression datasets.  
- Lightning-talk slides on distributed representations (pasky.or.cz/pres/distrepr.pdf) were circulated, summarizing recent advances in vector-space models of meaning.  
- A graphene TEM video (youtu.be/V1qWmrp6GAs) showing real-time carbon-atom motion at a graphene edge was linked as an example of aberration-corrected microscopy capabilities.