- A Slashdot article was shared reporting that weak endogenous electrical fields have been experimentally shown to carry information around the brain, potentially adding a new signaling modality to classical synaptic transmission (http://science.slashdot.org/story/16/01/18/1514215/weak-electrical-field-found-to-carry-information-around-the-brain).  
- Discussion of practical DIY radio: superkuh advised that a simple ¼-wave wire antenna can be built in ~30 minutes for a few dollars to receive 2 m-band transmissions from the International Space Station.  
- An arXiv paper on gated recurrent neural networks for speech synthesis (arXiv:1601.02539) was circulated, together with its Hacker News commentary thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10925826).  
- Kanzure highlighted a podcast interview with Vinay Gupta on the transition from “lawyer capitalism” to “programmer capitalism” (EB114 – Vinay Gupta: From Lawyer Capitalism To Programmer Capitalism, YouTube).  
- Community members debated anxiety and high-IQ correlations, referencing a Slate article on why smart people may worry more, and exchanged strategies for managing career risk while pursuing financial independence.  
- Antibiotic stewardship was discussed: lkjhfr critiqued the “Choosing Wisely” campaign poster for conflating “doctor” with “physician” and for failing to teach laypeople how to avoid unnecessary antibiotics.  
- Nootropic self-experimentation was mentioned: Jawmare reported using noopept and experiencing no perceived fatigue after only five hours of sleep across three days.