- The mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) was highlighted as a model organism for extreme environmental tolerance, surviving temperatures from 6–35 °C, salinities from 0.4–100 ppt, low-oxygen conditions, and even brief air exposure; populations in heavily polluted sites show ~20 % genomic divergence and resistance to methylmercury, dioxins, PCBs, and PAHs.  
- A 1990 U.S. Army report on “Sensitivity of Imaging Materials to Electron Beam Irradiation” was shared, detailing how diacetylene monomers polymerize under e-beam exposure, producing color-changing films whose hue (colorless → blue/red) correlates with conjugation length and mechanical stress, enabling stress-mapping and radiation dosimetry.  
- Homemaker, an open-source procedural tool hosted on Bitbucket, was introduced as “software that evolves a house” and entire city blocks; sample renderings on Flickr show complex, game-ready 3-D urban layouts generated algorithmically.  
- A major leak of Nissan North America’s complete git repositories—including mobile apps, ASIST diagnostics, and dealer portal code—was publicized via Twitter, prompting discussion on the poor state of software engineering practices in the automotive industry.