# Summary of IRC Log from January 11, 2013

• James Watson (co-discoverer of DNA structure) argued that antioxidants may actually be causing cancer by preventing oxygen radicals from killing cancer cells, suggesting that anti-antioxidants should be combined with cancer drugs for better effectiveness.

• Discussion about antioxidant supplementation noted that glutathione is more important than Vitamin C for antioxidant work, with one user explaining that Vitamin C requirements are low when glutathione is available and high doses of Vitamin C can cause problems.

• A significant astronomical paper was shared discussing "A structure in the early Universe at z ∼ 1.3 that exceeds the homogeneity scale of the R-W concordance cosmology," potentially challenging standard cosmological models.

• Users discussed CAD software options, with kanzure recommending BRL-CAD over OpenSCAD, criticizing the latter for its custom language limitations and lack of proper variable support.

• The channel received news that Aaron Swartz had committed suicide, with several members expressing shock and grief, noting his connections to their community and his work helping to fetch academic papers.

• OpenCV (computer vision library) was noted to be more actively developed than expected, with applications in pick-and-place machines and other computer vision applications.