- The Royal Society’s entire catalog of scientific journals was temporarily open-access (until 27 Oct 2019), prompting discussion about scraping the corpus for permanent archival.  
- DIY insulin production featured in a Time article on the Open Insulin Project, highlighting grassroots bio-pharma efforts.  
- Netflix documentary “Unnatural Selection” was debated; participants linked a follow-up YouTube clarification video and an NBC op-ed that revived the “designer baby” discussion.  
- A Science magazine article (DOI: 10.1126/science.aay5011) was criticized for dismissing polygenic embryo screening as premature, with channel members arguing the critique ignores broader genomic capabilities.  
- Estate-planning and dead-man-switch mechanisms were explored, including services like deadmansswitch.net and deadmantracker.com, and a proposed model that combines encryption, Shamir secret sharing, and time-locked key release.  
- Qt’s new web-based UI design viewer was shared as a tool for rapid prototyping of cross-platform interfaces.