• A new University of Texas study upgrades DNA’s information-storage density and reliability, pushing DNA data archiving closer to practical deployment.  
• DeepMind’s “Learned Policy Gradient” (LPG) paper (arXiv:2007.08794) demonstrates an AI system that meta-learns reinforcement-learning algorithms from toy tasks and then generalizes to complex Atari games, suggesting the possibility of automatically discovering broadly applicable RL algorithms.  
• Discussion of Bitcoin descriptor wallets highlights an ongoing tension: developers want a narrow watch-only descriptor BIP for immediate usability, while core devs (e.g., sipa) resist standardizing too early to avoid constraining future descriptor evolution.  
• DIYhplusWiki added transcripts of key talks—Andrew Poelstra’s introduction to Miniscript and Dan Robinson’s presentation on Ivy—providing open educational resources for advanced Bitcoin scripting and smart-contract security.  
• Brief channel queries about CRISPR and MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems) signal interest in applying gene-editing and micro-scale hardware to transhumanist or biohacking projects.