- George Church’s DIY coronavirus vaccine effort was highlighted in a Technology Review article (https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/07/29/1005720/george-church-diy-coronavirus-vaccine/), sparking discussion on open-source pandemic countermeasures.  
- Participants debated the enforceability of university “COVID-19 liability waivers,” noting that students who refuse to sign may be barred from accessing accounts or attending classes.  
- A Frontiers in Neuroscience paper (https://www.frontiersin.org/files/Articles/560836/fnins-14-00726-HTML/image_m/fnins-14-00726-g001.jpg) showing a large, crudely soldered neural implant elicited surprise and criticism about surgical quality and silicone molding.  
- NASA’s lattice-confinement fusion concept for spacecraft propulsion was introduced via IEEE Spectrum (https://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/nuclear/nuclear-fusiontokamak-not-included) and the more accessible NASA page (https://www1.grc.nasa.gov/space/science/lattice-confinement-fusion/), with skepticism voiced about its efficiency.  
- The community noted that biologists are systematically renaming genes such as MARCH1 → MARCHF1 to evade Microsoft Excel’s auto-convert bug that corrupts data (Nature article https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-020-0669-3).