Genetics biweekly vol.31, 15th June — 29th June TL;DR Researchers describe the morphological and genomic features of a ‘macro’ microbe’ — a giant filamentous bacterium composed of a single cell discovered in the mangroves of Guadeloupe. …

Robotics biweekly vol.53, 14th June — 28th June TL;DR Inspired by fireflies, researchers created soft actuators that can emit light in different colors or patterns. …

Paradigm’s biweekly update on the Proof-of-Stake ecosystem, 13th June — 27th June TL;DR Update your nodes for the Gray Glacier upgrade: The Ethereum network is expected to undergo a scheduled network upgrade at block 15,050,000, or around Wednesday, June 29 Polkadot Decoded is back on June 29th-30th. …

Vol. 97, 13th June — 27th June TL;DR BIS: 90% of central banks are researching the utility of CBDCs. CBDCs, not crypto, will be cornerstone of future monetary system, BIS says US Fed evaluating SEC’s position on digital assets custody, Powell says. SEC launches inquiry into insider trading at crypto exchanges. …

Biweekly report on decentralized autonomous organizations vol.28, 10th June — 24th June TL;DR AragonDAO Charter Improvement Proposals (CIPs 0,1,2) are under discussion. CIP-1 would enable the use of more efficient and effective tech agnostic mechanisms, resulting in improved transparency and collective governance of the AN DAO Gitcoin’s proposals ratify foundation changes…

A biweekly update on Layer 2 protocols, 9th June — 24th June TL;DR OP token now claimable: A little over a month ago, the Optimism team announced the launch of the Optimism Collective: their large-scale experiment in digital democratic governance, with a mission of realigning the internet with its constituents. The…

Space biweekly vol.54, 8th June — 22th June TL;DR Astronomers identify a new class of stellar system. They’re not quite galaxies and only exist in isolation. A new study of an old meteorite contradicts current thinking about how rocky planets like the Earth and Mars acquire volatile elements such as hydrogen…

Neuroscience biweekly vol. 61, 28th June — 22nd June TL;DR New research has shown that normal human brain temperature varies much more than we thought, and this could be a sign of healthy brain function. In healthy men and women, where the oral temperature is typically less than 37°C, the average…

Biweekly update on Ethereum DeFi ecosystem vol.55, 7th June — 21st June TL;DR $39.1B in DeFi this week, currently at ~ $39.16B, with Maker dominance 20.12%. Introducing RenBridge 3.0: RenBridge 3.0 is live. It comes with support for wrapping stablecoins and generic tokens to other chains, as well as support for…