• A YouTube clip (https://youtu.be/KKFoHXedP4g?t=1125) was highlighted showing researchers who used only four iterative CRISPR editing rounds to transform a wild, undomesticated tomato into a fully domesticated variety, illustrating the speed and precision of modern gene-editing for crop improvement.

• An Economist article (https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/10/02/an-adult-fruit-fly-brain-has-been-mapped-human-brains-could-follow) was shared, announcing the complete synapse-level connectome of an adult fruit-fly brain and discussing its implications for eventually mapping the far larger human brain.