- A Nature paper reported “flash graphene” production in 10 ms by heating carbon waste to 3,000 K, yielding material worth up to $200 k/ton and raising questions about defect rates from non-carbon impurities.  
- Discussion of the Drexler-Merkle path to molecular nanotechnology referenced Philip J. Moriarty’s experimental validation work and linked his Nottingham lab page.  
- Early Sci-Hub download statistics (2011-2013) were released as a 7z archive, sparking debate over the reliability and intent of Sci-Hub torrents as potential honeypots.  
- MIT Media Lab was criticized for hype-driven grant-seeking; an Ivy League ML professor was quoted admitting that storytelling, not science, secures funding.  
- A new tool called skyhub was shared for downloading only the portion of a Sci-Hub torrent needed to extract a specific paper, reducing bandwidth and legal exposure.  
- Gwern’s public accusation that a specific individual is Satoshi Nakamoto was condemned as reckless and based on weak cryptographic evidence, with Wired later retracting the article.  
- Participants envisioned a reboot of research culture led by DIY hobbyists publishing open results via blogs, mirroring historical amateur science communities.  
- Guardian Live event “The Gene Gap: Who would you trust to edit the human race?” was promoted for debate on the ethics and politics of human genome editing.