• A Scientific American article was shared questioning the recent claim of metallic hydrogen synthesis, noting that the shiny material observed might instead be alumina (aluminum oxide) from the diamond-anvil cell tips; nmz787 proposed a simple control experiment—repeating the setup without hydrogen—to test this alternative explanation.

• kanzure circulated the eLife paper “Genetic and environmental influences on adult human height across birth cohorts from 1886 to 1994,” documenting how heritability and environmental factors have shifted over a century of global data.

• The American Journal of Physiology paper “Irisin exerts dual effects on browning and adipogenesis of human white adipocytes” was highlighted, summarizing evidence that the exercise-induced hormone irisin simultaneously promotes beige-fat thermogenesis and modulates new fat-cell formation.

• Discussion briefly touched on the pragmatic criterion for evaluating scientific theories or technologies—kanzure stated preference for “the one that produces differences, obviously,” underscoring an outcome-oriented stance in transhumanist research.

• No additional technical tools, repositories, or startup projects were introduced beyond the above scientific literature and the metallic-hydrogen debate.