- **Expansion microscopy & embryo viability**: kanzure questioned whether expansion microscopy can be applied to embryos without causing damage, linking to an AmScope IVF microscopy guide.

- **High-throughput volume electron microscopy**: A 2018 review on the “Progress and remaining challenges in high-throughput volume electron microscopy” was shared, highlighting bottlenecks in connectomics-scale imaging.

- **Neural networks for cellular morphology**: A pre-print titled “Learning cellular morphology with neural networks” was posted, suggesting new ML approaches to automate cell-type classification from microscopy data.

- **Designer-baby media**: Two YouTube videos—one on “designer babies” and one IVF documentary—were circulated as background material on current public discourse around reproductive tech.

- **Uterus transplantation milestones**: Papers on the first human uterus transplant from a multi-organ donor (2012) and subsequent procedures from deceased donors were highlighted, underscoring progress toward clinical gestation outside biological mothers.

- **In-vitro spermatogenesis & round spermatid injection (ROSI)**: Multiple studies (2003–2017) were discussed showing that human spermatogonial stem cells can be driven to functional haploid spermatids in vitro; kanzure noted that ~10 % fertilization success has been achieved and expressed frustration that researchers may be overlooking near-term ROSI applications while chasing full in-vitro spermatogenesis.

- **Google AI connectomics breakthrough**: archels posted the Google AI Blog entry “Improving Connectomics by an Order of Magnitude,” describing new segmentation algorithms that dramatically accelerate large-scale neural-circuit reconstruction.

- **Meta-ethics & probability of ethical theories**: A side debate was excerpted on whether it is coherent to assign Bayesian probabilities to competing ethical frameworks (e.g., average vs. total utilitarianism), with fenn drawing an analogy to assigning probabilities to digits of π.