- A new pre-print on planarian flatworms explores the evolutionary dynamics of whole-body regeneration, offering potential insights for regenerative medicine and longevity research (https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.12.19.520916v1).  
- A peer-reviewed clinical study reports that diluting old human plasma reduces biological age, supporting the therapeutic plasma exchange approach to systemic rejuvenation (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11357-022-00645-w).  
- Hank Greely’s review of the documentary “Make People Better” is discussed, framing the ethics and governance of human genetic enhancement (https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/genbio.2022.29072.htg).  
- Participants debate California’s AB 2098, which mandates punishment of physicians who spread COVID-19 “misinformation” defined as anything contradicting “contemporary scientific consensus,” raising concerns about Lysenkoism and the misuse of consensus as policy.  
- The channel cites Michael Crichton’s critique that “consensus science is not science,” alongside Karl Popper’s falsifiability principle, to argue against legislating scientific truth.  
- Gitpod’s open-source VS Code server is shared as a tool for browser-based development, with additional commentary on how VS Code’s architecture is “designed to fracture” (https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server and https://ghuntley.com/fracture/).  
- A Twitter thread is relayed asserting that training AI models on copyrighted data constitutes fair use, analogous to human learning, with further mention of educational exemptions in copyright law.