- Lenia, a continuous cellular-automata “lifeform” simulator running in-browser, was shared as an engaging example of emergent complexity and an “evening-waster” for futurists.  
- The Odin’s “Biohacker 101” online class was highlighted as an entry-level resource for DIY biology and open-source biotech experimentation.  
- A cluster of cutting-edge neuroscience papers was circulated, covering: layer-4 circuit differences across mouse sensory cortices, cholinergic control of neocortical output via dendritic mechanisms, and super-resolution chromatin-walking techniques integrating imaging and contact-map modeling.  
- Immuno-SABER, a DNA-barcoded antibody signal-amplification method from Peng Yin’s lab, was spotlighted for enabling highly multiplexed in-situ protein imaging and 10× faster cycles in expansion microscopy.  
- Balaji Srinivasan’s tweet was quoted to argue that brain–computer interfaces are “most under-hyped” relative to actual technical progress, suggesting a widening gap between lab achievements and public perception.  
- Adam Marblestone floated the concept of financing a sun-shade at the Earth–Sun L1 Lagrange point by mining Bitcoin with abundant solar power and cryogenic cooling, linking to Planetary Resources’ acquisition as evidence of growing space-economics ambition.  
- Additional preprints shared included cryo-EM at 3.8 Å of a small protein bound to a modular scaffold, coherent light-propagation algorithms for heterogeneous media, and recurrence-based information processing in gene-regulatory networks.  
- nmz787 reported successful spin-coating and FIB lithography of PMMA using a 4:1 ethanol:water developer, noting practical challenges of streak-free films and real-time focusing, while also questioning the 38 kDa lower-size limit in single-particle cryo-EM discussed in a 1995 Henderson review.