- CarbonCopies announced a 20 Sept 2020 workshop, “Updating the Roadmap to Whole Brain Emulation Part 5: SCALE SEPARATION,” asking what level of emulation detail is necessary; livestream at https://carboncopies.org/livestream/.  
- New CRISPR study shows engineered human brown-like adipocytes prevent diet-induced obesity and improve metabolic syndrome in mice (Science Translational Medicine).  
- Expansion-microscopy paper reports previously undetected synaptic proteins revealed only after physical expansion of brain tissue (bioRxiv 2020.08.29.273540).  
- DNA nanoscope technique localizes >100 distinct molecular features inside cells with nanometer precision (bioRxiv 2020.08.27.271072).  
- Synchron’s Stentrode brain-computer interface received FDA “Breakthrough Device” designation for endovascular neural recording.  
- Designed protein logic circuits enable targeting of cells bearing precise combinations of surface antigens (Science 2020).  
- Vertical indoor wheat farming projected to yield 220–600× current world averages per hectare (PNAS).  
- Enzymatic DNA synthesis (EDS) platform presented by Henry Lee at Wyss Institute for ultra-high-density data storage.  
- Google’s open-source XLS project introduces a Rust-like DSL for accelerated hardware synthesis.  
- Discussion of methane seafloor release in the Southern Hemisphere and Arctic real-estate as climate-adaptation strategy; includes links to $1 k apartments in Vorkuta, Russia.