• Pioneer Labs is launching a “polyextreme” microbe project that will stack UV- and radiation-resistance genes from organisms such as Hymenobacter and Deinococcus radiodurans, then evolve the resulting strain inside simulated Martian conditions to push the absolute limits of biological hardiness beyond Earth-adapted life.  
• The stated goal is to discover whether single-gene solutions or combinatorial pathways yield the highest survivability on Mars, with the broader aim of defining the true boundary conditions for life itself.  
• A press release detailing the experimental plan, titled “Grow Mars,” was shared: https://press.asimov.com/articles/grow-mars.  
• MIT Technology Review coverage of Taiwan’s Gogoro battery-swap network was highlighted as a real-world example of resilient, decentralized infrastructure that prevented emergency blackouts during a recent earthquake, illustrating how modular energy systems can maintain critical services under extreme stress.