- CRISPR immunity problem: A study reported that 96 % of people already have pre-existing immunity to CRISPR-Cas9, potentially undermining in-vivo gene-therapy strategies; two pre-prints explore “protein orthogonality in immune space” and engineering “immunosilenced” Cas9 variants with human T-cell epitopes removed.  
- DNA data storage advances: A 2017 biorxiv paper on “Scaling up DNA data storage and random-access retrieval” was circulated, alongside a newer pre-print on “Cryptography for genetic material” that proposes encrypting DNA-borne information.  
- Decentralized data-placement algorithm: The CRUSH paper (Weil et al., SC’06) was shared as a method for controlled, scalable, and decentralized placement of replicated data—relevant for distributed bioinformatics or DIY cloud storage.  
- TLS tracking vulnerability: A new arXiv paper shows how TLS session resumption can be exploited to track users across the web; discussion linked to Hacker News commentary on privacy implications.  
- STARK-friendly crypto primitives: Links to the JARVIS & FRIDAY families of arithmetization-oriented cryptographic primitives from KU Leuven were provided, aimed at zero-knowledge systems usable in open, transhumanist infrastructure.  
- Interstellar speculation: Centauri Dreams article on ‘Oumuamua revisited the thin-film lightsail hypothesis, feeding channel discussion on macro-scale engineering and evidence for non-terrestrial technology.  
- Expansion microscopy idea: A biorxiv pre-print asks whether the nuclear pore complex (NPC) can serve as an intrinsic reporter for isotropic expansion microscopy, potentially improving super-resolution imaging of neural or synthetic biological samples.  
- Mimblewimble investigation: An IACR e-print on “Aggregate cash systems” offers a cryptographic analysis of the Mimblewimble protocol, relevant for privacy-preserving cryptocurrency tooling in decentralized science funding.