- A new paper in *Science* describes the design of 60 functional genetic circuits for *E. coli* using Verilog as the specification language, demonstrating a hardware-description-language approach to synthetic biology.  
- The accompanying open-source toolkit, Cello (http://www.cellocad.org/), provides an end-to-end compiler that turns Verilog code into DNA sequences ready for synthesis and transformation into living cells.  
- Discussion on Hacker News highlighted Sci-Hub as the “spiritual successor to Aaron Swartz,” reigniting debates over open access to scientific literature and the ethics of circumventing paywalls.  
- No other technical threads or links were shared during the remainder of the log; the channel was largely quiet beyond routine joins and parts.