- Saul Kent has opened a new cryonics facility in Texas and is developing “Timeship,” a 646-acre life-extension research park in Comfort, Texas, designed by architect Stephen Valentine to house cryopreserved humans and longevity-science companies.  
- A Nature Microbiology review (nrmicro.2016.184) was circulated that surveys emerging Cas9 and related CRISPR variants, providing a technical reference for gene-editing tool selection.  
- Mouse eggs have been generated entirely from skin cells in vitro, as reported by Nature News, pointing toward future gametogenesis and reproductive-medicine applications.  
- Veritas Genetics is offering 30–80× whole-genome sequencing for ~US$1,000 per person, prompting discussion on coverage depth versus accuracy for personal genomics.  
- A DARPA funding opportunity for a polymerase-engineering project was mentioned as a potential route to advance synthetic-biology tools.  
- A new rechargeable-battery chemistry described in Energy & Environmental Science (C6EE02888H) was shared as a safer alternative to current lithium-ion designs.  
- On the speculative-technology side, a Hacker News thread explored audacious proposals to use artificial magnetospheres to manipulate the solar-wind termination shock or alter the interstellar neutral-atom flow for large-scale space propulsion.  
- The diyhpl.us wiki received a batch of fresh transcripts from MIT Bitcoin Expo 2017, covering Mimblewimble, scriptless scripts, UTXO commitments, mining trustlessness, and exchange security—highlighting the channel’s parallel interest in decentralized-crypto research.