- Build-a-Cell project released a full tutorial and open-source toolkit: BioCRNPyler, a modular Python compiler for designing and simulating biological chemical-reaction networks, plus a 7-part YouTube lecture series and interactive web models.  
- “Nitroplast” concept surfaced—a proposed light-driven synthetic nitrogen-fixing organelle intended to endow eukaryotic cells with autonomous ammonia production; only an Edinburgh lab page was found, no formal publication yet.  
- Discussion of creating a “Synthetic Biology Software Commons” to pool open-source design, simulation, and microfluidics tools (e.g., 3DU-F microfluidic chip design platform) so the field can move past the hype cycle into reproducible engineering.  
- Spherical-gear robot joint (ABENICS mechanism) presented: three-degree-of-freedom active ball joint using meshed spherical gears; paper DOI 10.1109/TRO.2021.3070124, videos linked, and channel members brainstormed eliminating static supports via “zippered” monopole gear rings for higher torque and compact 3-D actuation.  
- Shared systematic-review paper on inverse comorbidity: “The association between allergic diseases and cancer” (NJM, 2019) suggesting immune hyperactivity may confer cancer protection.  
- Boltzmann’s historical rejection and suicide noted as cautionary tale for radical scientific ideas, with accompanying entropy-themed memes.