- A 2018 biorxiv preprint was shared describing “cerebral organoids at the air–liquid interface” that self-organize into diverse nerve tracts and exhibit measurable functional output, suggesting improved in-vitro models of human brain development and disease.  
- Two key papers on germline transgenesis were circulated: Honaramooz et al. (FASEB J 2008) on AAV-mediated transduction of male germ-line stem cells for transgene transmission, and Ivics et al. (Nature Protocols 2014) on Sleeping Beauty transposon-based pig germline transgenesis via cytoplasmic microinjection.  
- nmz787 highlighted midshipman fish auditory research as a model for mammalian hearing restoration, linking an OPB news article on “singing fish” to a 2012 Journal of Neuroscience paper showing reproductive-state–dependent hair-cell addition in the fish saccule.  
- A 2015 arXiv paper on “A Rewritable, Random-Access DNA-Based Storage System” was resurfaced, proposing addressable DNA data storage with in-vitro CRISPR editing for rewriting bits.  
- STED microscopy was explained in plain language: three interfering light spots narrow the effective point-spread function, breaking the diffraction limit and enabling super-resolution imaging.  
- Historical DNA-synthesis patents were referenced: US4415732A and US4458066A, both awarded to Marvin Caruthers and foundational to modern phosphoramidite chemistry.  
- kanzure posted CoinDesk’s account of the public release of a once-secret Bitcoin private key, illustrating real-time blockchain fund-sweeping dynamics.  
- Links to reproducible-build efforts for Debian (Hacker News and LWN coverage) and the JFrog Artifactory binary-repository tool were shared as infrastructure for reproducible science and engineering workflows.  
- Home Assistant (home-assistant.io) was recommended as an open-source platform for integrating DIY health-tracking and environmental sensors.