- Software-engineering practices (version control, unit tests, CI, fuzzing, high-level languages) are being proposed for mechanical and chemical hardware design workflows to improve reliability and reproducibility.  
- Racetams (e.g., phenylpiracetam at ~3 mg/kg) are discussed as low-side-effect, unscheduled alternatives to Adderall for ADHD-style focus, with anecdotal 4–5-hour efficacy windows.  
- A Cornell paper on monocular 3-D depth reconstruction from single still images (http://www.cs.cornell.edu/~asaxena/learningdepth/ijcv_monocular3dreconstruction.pdf) was shared as a computer-vision resource.  
- DeepMind’s new post on “producing flexible behaviours in simulated environments” (https://deepmind.com/blog/producing-flexible-behaviours-simulated-environments/) was highlighted for AI/robotics researchers.  
- OpenCog’s “embodiment” white-paper (https://github.com/opencog/opencog/blob/master/opencog/eva/architecture/embodiment.pdf) details a 4-stage perception-to-action pipeline and argues current ML covers only parts of stages 1, 2, and 4.  
- A primate neuroanatomy “cognitive consilience” roadmap (http://diyhpl.us/~bryan/papers2/neuro/cognitiveconsilience/Cognitive%20consilience:%20Primate%20non-primary%20neuroanatomical%20circuits%20underlying%20cognition%20-%202011.pdf) is recommended as a concrete AGI engineering blueprint.  
- New Science Advances papers debate whether rhesus macaque vocal tracts are “speech-ready,” with 3-D airway simulations generating intelligible phrases like “Will you marry me?” and demonstrating vowel capabilities.  
- A simple calorimetric method—placing a PSU in a styrofoam cooler and logging temperature rise under load—was proposed for accurate efficiency measurements without multiple amp meters.  
- Concerns over Sci-Hub’s fragility (only one primary copy, poor torrent seeding, refusal of funding) prompted half-serious discussion of “ninja” physical exfiltration of the dataset.  
- A DEF CON 25 talk on BSD kernel vulnerabilities (https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2025/DEF%20CON%2025%20presentations/DEFCON-25-Ilja-van-Sprundel-BSD-Kern-Vulns.pdf) was circulated for security researchers.