# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Log (May 31, 2016)

* Discussion about OpenWorm project status, with participants noting that while some computational fluid dynamics components are working, the worm simulation is not yet performing enough "wormlike" behaviors to be considered fully functional.

* Conversation about DNA synthesis techniques, with one participant working on micro and nano fabrication techniques, materials science, and lab instrumentation to develop methods for assembling DNA from nucleotides.

* Participants shared information about Sci-Hub mirror URLs (.cc, .ac, .la) and discussed using Tor to access the scientific paper repository, with one user mentioning they brute-forced a Sci-Hub .onion address in about 4 seconds using a 2009 GPU.

* Discussion about the declining shipping industry, noting that Panamax cargo ships could be rented for $5,400 per day (63% below market rates from the previous year), with participants suggesting alternative uses for these vessels including floating laboratories or gene-hacking clinics.

* Conversation about sleep research, with participants discussing potential unethical experiments to determine the purpose of sleep, including neural autopsies after chemical death in sleep-deprived subjects, and the challenges of differentiating stress biomarkers from sleep deprivation markers.

* Participants expressed disappointment with the state of comparative neuroanatomy research, questioning why there hasn't been more work on systematically comparing brain structures across different animal species.