Relaying what matters next.
The Relay is a new media project dedicated to covering slightly futuristic domains such as artificial intelligence, space exploration, longevity science, crypto and blockchain, advanced biology, and defense technologies. Our mission is to capture the signals of tomorrow and relay them forward with clarity, depth, and context.
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Einstein Probe’s day-long GRB hints at hidden black holes
A rare, day-scale gamma-ray burst detected by Einstein Probe and Fermi kept flashing for 24 hours. New analysis suggests a shredded white dwarf and a jet from an intermediate-mass black hole, hinting at a new class of cosmic transients.
JATM’s 2025 Breakout: How AIM-260 Rewires BVR Combat
FY26 budget lines and 2025 test disclosures show AIM-260 JATM shifting from black program to fieldable reality. Here is how it outranges rivals, reshapes F-22 and F-35 tactics, enables CCA missile trucks, and pressures Super Hornet allies.
Alzheimer’s Blood Tests Hit Main Street in 2025: An Inflection Point
After 2025 FDA clearances of plasma p‑tau assays, Alzheimer’s detection is moving from PET scans and spinal taps to a simple blood draw in primary care. Here is how this shift will change diagnosis, coverage, and prevention for aging brains in the United States.
Inside America’s 2025 HALEU sprint to a Russian-free fuel chain
In 2025 the U.S. moved from talking about HALEU to shipping it. New DOE allocations, contract extensions, and private deals are stitching together enrichment, conversion, deconversion, and fabrication on an aggressive 2025-2027 clock.
2025’s Lunar Pivot: Private Landers, Cellular, and Navigation
Two private landings, the first cellular network on the Moon, and a working lunar satnav demo turned 2025 into a year of operations, not experiments. See how CLPS changed pace and what to watch through 2027.
DeFi as Code: Uniswap v4 Hooks Meet Unichain's Fast Blocks
Uniswap v4 turns AMMs into developer platforms with hooks, and Unichain brings fast, priority-ordered blocks to curb MEV. Here is what changes for builders, LPs, and traders in 2025.
Reasoning LLMs Land in Production: Think to Action
Reasoning-first models now ship with visible thinking, self-checks, and native computer control. See what is real, what is hype, and how to launch a reliable agent in 90 days.
Exoplanet Weather Goes 3D with JWST's Map of WASP-18b
Astronomers just turned a single JWST eclipse into a full latitude–longitude–altitude map of WASP-18b, exposing a searing hotspot, a cooler ring at the edges, and water chemistry that changes with height. Here is how 3D eclipse mapping works and why it rewires our biosignature playbook.
Plasma Exchange Rewrites Aging: Inside the 2025 Human Trial
In May 2025, Aging Cell reported the first randomized human study suggesting that therapeutic plasma exchange, especially when paired with intravenous immunoglobulin, can lower biological age in older adults. Here is what changed, what it costs, who benefits first, and the realistic path to 2028.
The 2025 Transformer Crunch Is Now the Grid Gatekeeper
In 2025, the grid bottleneck is not turbines or panels but transformers. With multi-year lead times, copper and tariff shocks, and a thin workforce, these boxes now set the pace for U.S. power additions. See who benefits, what to fix first, and how to unlock gigawatts faster.
Figure 03 Brings Helix Home and Robots to Real Work
Figure’s 03 humanoid and its Helix vision‑language‑action system stepped out of the hype cycle in October 2025. With safer hands, faster perception, and BotQ‑scale manufacturing, real pilots in logistics and early home trials point to practical jobs and falling costs.
Sequencer Wars Go Permissionless as Shared Layers Launch
Shared sequencers are leaving the lab. Espresso’s Mainnet 1 introduces permissionless validation in Q4 2025, while Astria-backed rollups migrate to decentralized sequencing. Here is what changes and how to prepare.
The Open Agent Stack Arrives: A2A, MCP, and AGNTCY
In three summer moves, agent interoperability jumped from slideware to shipping reality. With A2A entering the Linux Foundation on June 23, 2025, AGNTCY joining on July 29, and Solo.io’s agentgateway accepted on August 25, enterprises can now wire agents across vendors with real protocols and neutral governance.
The 2026 Transmission Pivot: NIETCs and FERC Order 1920
As DOE advances three priority NIETCs into Phase 3 and FERC Order 1920 compliance filings arrive in late 2025 and 2026, the rules for planning and paying for multi-state lines are changing. This is the roadmap and what to do now.
Lp(a) Revolution: One dose siRNA could reset heart aging
In March 2025, a single injection of Eli Lilly’s lepodisiran cut lipoprotein(a) by about 94 percent and kept it low for a year or longer. Here is how Lp(a) screening and long-interval siRNAs could become cardiology’s next prevention lever, plus the path to outcomes and coverage.
OSIRIS-APEX Gets a Lifeline to Shadow Apophis in 2029
Congress preserved a critical funding lane for NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX, keeping the Bennu-proven spacecraft on course to watch Apophis skim past Earth on April 13, 2029. Here is what the mission will do, why it matters for planetary defense, and how a possible European partner could amplify the science.
Proving Layer Goes Live: ZK Compute Markets Hit Mainnet
In September 2025, Boundless, zkVerify, and Succinct turned proving capacity into a real market. Here is how the proving layer resets L2 costs, clarifies builder playbooks, and opens practical paths for verifiable AI.
Sora 2 makes video programmable, the API moment for video
OpenAI's Sora 2 now ships as a developer API with per-second pricing from 10 to 50 cents. With reusable cameos and multi‑clip storyboards, video becomes a programmable primitive that powers the next agentic stack.
















