- A newly published method, “High-throughput mapping of single-neuron projections by sequencing of barcoded RNA,” uses RNA barcodes to trace the long-range axonal projections of thousands of individual neurons in a single experiment, offering a scalable alternative to classical tract-tracing.  
- Ed Boyden’s “synthetic neurobiology retreat” was noted on Twitter, hinting at closed-door discussions on next-generation tools for circuit interrogation and expansion microscopy.  
- Two back-to-back Nature Biotechnology papers describe “protein-retention expansion microscopy” and “multiplexed 3-D super-resolution imaging,” extending the expansion microscopy toolkit to retain endogenous fluorescent proteins and antibodies while achieving nanoscale resolution in large tissue volumes.  
- A macaque optogenetics study (“Dopamine neuron-specific optogenetic stimulation in rhesus macaques”) demonstrates cell-type-specific control of dopaminergic circuits in non-human primates, an essential translational step toward human BCI and psychiatric interventions.  
- Cloudflare released a public specification for Chaumian blinded tokens as a privacy-preserving alternative to CAPTCHAs for Tor users, potentially influencing anonymous access protocols for open-science repositories.  
- Community transcripts of Elon Musk’s September 2016 Mars architecture talk (and its Q&A) were completed and posted on diyhpl.us, preserving detailed technical discussion of SpaceX’s interplanetary transport system for open reference.  
- A Reddit thread dissecting the transcript prompted real-time crowd-sourced proofreading, illustrating collaborative refinement of primary technical sources.  
- Links to reverse-engineering efforts for Xilinx 7-series bit-stream formats and a macOS kernel CVE (CVE-2016-4697) were shared, reflecting ongoing interest in open FPGA tooling and security auditing for bio/cognitive hardware projects.