- A Cell paper was shared showing that individual variation in human attractiveness to mosquitoes is driven by differences in skin-emitted carboxylic acids, pointing to a biochemical basis for vector-borne disease risk.  
- Discussion clarified that “carboxylic acid” is a broad class of organic acids (e.g., acetic, formic, citric, butyric, benzoic) rather than a single compound, correcting popular-science oversimplifications.  
- A New Scientist article on the same mosquito research was critiqued for initially implying a single “carboxylic acid,” highlighting ongoing tension between scientific precision and science-media simplification.  
- The open capacitor-repair knowledge base https://caps.wiki/wiki/Main_Page was introduced as a community resource for hardware longevity and DIY electronics.