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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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Open-Weight Reasoning Takes Over: Cheaper Agents, New Moats

Open-Weight Reasoning Takes Over: Cheaper Agents, New Moats

In 2025, reasoning models went open weight and changed the unit economics of long‑horizon agents. Here is how lower costs, computer use, and better orchestration are shifting vendor moats from secret weights to operations, trust, and telemetry.

Tianwen‑2’s two‑stop gamble: a mini‑moon and a comet

Tianwen‑2’s two‑stop gamble: a mini‑moon and a comet

China’s Tianwen-2 aims to grab samples from Earth’s quasi-satellite Kamoʻoalewa, return them by 2027, then pivot to a main-belt comet. Here is why the two-target sprint could reshape planetary science, resources, and defense.

PeerDAS Is Live: Fusaka Triggers the L2 Fee Freefall

PeerDAS Is Live: Fusaka Triggers the L2 Fee Freefall

On December 3, 2025, Ethereum activates PeerDAS in the Fusaka upgrade, opening the door to bigger blob capacity and cheaper data for rollups. Here is how it could push L2 fees toward sub-cent and what teams should ship in the next 90 days.

Ironwood and Agent Builder spark the inference-first era

Ironwood and Agent Builder spark the inference-first era

Google Cloud made Ironwood TPUs generally available and upgraded Vertex AI Agent Builder. Together they cut latency and cost for real-world agents, setting up 2026 for sub-second loops and safer autonomy by default.

Ghost Shark Goes Fleetwide as Australia Bets on Autonomous Subs

Ghost Shark Goes Fleetwide as Australia Bets on Autonomous Subs

On September 10, 2025, Australia moved Ghost Shark from prototype to a fleet program of record, with first deployments slated for early 2026. Here is how long endurance autonomous submarines shift deterrence and kill chains across the Indo Pacific.

Gene Edited Pig Kidneys Enter First U.S. Clinical Trials in 2025

Gene Edited Pig Kidneys Enter First U.S. Clinical Trials in 2025

The FDA has cleared the first U.S. human trials of gene-edited pig kidneys. We unpack the 10 to 69 genomic edits, the new anti-rejection regimens, and the biosecure pig herds that could finally end the kidney shortage.

Starship’s 2025 pivot: orbital refueling will decide the Moon

Starship’s 2025 pivot: orbital refueling will decide the Moon

Two successful Starship flights in late 2025 set the stage. If SpaceX proves ship-to-ship propellant transfer in 2026, NASA timelines, Blue Origin’s plans, and science payload budgets all shift fast.

Anyone Can Challenge: OP Fault Proofs and Arbitrum BoLD

Anyone Can Challenge: OP Fault Proofs and Arbitrum BoLD

Arbitrum and the OP Stack just crossed a trust milestone: anyone can now challenge invalid rollup state on Ethereum. Here is what changes for withdrawals, bridges, exchanges, and builders in 2025.

The Agent Trust Stack Arrives: The New Moat for AI Agents

The Agent Trust Stack Arrives: The New Moat for AI Agents

Enterprise AI is pivoting from bigger models to verifiable runtime behavior. Use this vendor and standards map plus a 13 week build plan to harden agents without slowing delivery.

Alien Weather Goes 3D: JWST maps launch off-world-climate science

Alien Weather Goes 3D: JWST maps launch off-world-climate science

The James Webb Space Telescope has produced the first 3D weather map of an exoplanet, revealing a blazing hotspot, a cooler ring, and chemistry that changes with altitude and longitude on WASP-18b. Here is how eclipse mapping works and why it will reshape Roman and ELT target lists.

Launched Effects Make Apaches and Black Hawks Drone Arsenals

Launched Effects Make Apaches and Black Hawks Drone Arsenals

After August 2025 soldier demos and a new Sikorsky contract, the Army is moving Launched Effects from trials to fielding. Pods on Apaches and Black Hawks will push sensing, targeting, and strikes forward at standoff ranges, with Apache v6.5 and a federated Black Hawk package primed for 2026.

CHIP Goes Therapeutic: 2025’s Shift From Marker to Target

CHIP Goes Therapeutic: 2025’s Shift From Marker to Target

ESC 2025 data show low-dose colchicine can slow TET2-driven clonal growth, while new mega-cohort analyses pinpoint who is at risk. Here is why routine CHIP screening is near and how a 12–24 month rollout could work.

Proba-3’s Artificial Eclipses Crack Open the Inner Corona

Proba-3’s Artificial Eclipses Crack Open the Inner Corona

ESA’s Proba-3 has created artificial eclipses in orbit, exposing the Sun’s inner corona just as NASA’s Parker Solar Probe skimmed the atmosphere below. Together they are reshaping how we see coronal mass ejections and how we forecast space weather.

3I/ATLAS Turns the Solar System into a Real Time Lab

3I/ATLAS Turns the Solar System into a Real Time Lab

A once-in-a-generation visitor triggered a solar-system-wide observing sprint. From Mars orbiters to a spacecraft near Jupiter, coordinated teams turned geometry into data and speed into science.

Babylon’s Q4 Push Makes Bitcoin a Shared Security Layer

Babylon’s Q4 Push Makes Bitcoin a Shared Security Layer

Babylon’s Q4 2025 launch turns one Bitcoin stake into security for many chains through multi-staking and a new EVM mainnet. We unpack how it works, what to build now, and the milestones to watch into early 2026.

Interconnection 2025: Order 2023’s First Results, Powered by AI

Interconnection 2025: Order 2023’s First Results, Powered by AI

MISO and SPP compliance approvals, PJM's first transition studies, and early PJM-Google automation signal a real thaw in the U.S. interconnection queue. Here is how fast-track windows, queue caps, and AI can pull viable projects to 2026 energization.

MCP Is Becoming the USB-C of Agents Across IDEs and OS

MCP Is Becoming the USB-C of Agents Across IDEs and OS

With Windows 11 and major IDEs shipping native MCP support, the Model Context Protocol is tipping toward default. Here is how to ship IDE-native multi-agent orchestration, governed enterprise connectors, and security patterns now.

PCSK9 base editing and primary prevention rewrite LDL care

PCSK9 base editing and primary prevention rewrite LDL care

Two signals in 2025 mark a new era in cholesterol care. AHA VESALIUS-CV shows PCSK9 inhibitors prevent first cardiovascular events, and early Heart-2 data for VERVE-102 suggests single-infusion, durable LDL reductions following Lilly’s Verve acquisition.