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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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Mars Samples at Stake: NASA’s 2025 Reset vs Tianwen-3

Mars Samples at Stake: NASA’s 2025 Reset vs Tianwen-3

NASA has launched a dual-architecture race to bring Perseverance's samples home while China advances Tianwen-3 for a 2028 to 2031 return. What changed, the science we must not lose, and how the outcome could reshape Mars exploration this decade.

45V Is Final: Hydrogen’s 2025 Reset and What Gets Built

45V Is Final: Hydrogen’s 2025 Reset and What Gets Built

Treasury and IRS finalized the 45V hydrogen tax credit on January 10, 2025. Here’s how hourly matching, deliverability, and carbon thresholds will shape green vs blue economics and 2026–2028 FIDs.

K2 Think and the small but mighty turn in reasoning AI

K2 Think and the small but mighty turn in reasoning AI

MBZUAI’s K2 Think signals a shift to smaller, faster reasoning systems. With long chain-of-thought, verifiable RL, and plan-first prompting, a 32B model can rival giants while staying deployable.

Aave V4’s hub and spoke reset of DeFi lending and yields

Aave V4’s hub and spoke reset of DeFi lending and yields

Aave V4 overhauls DeFi lending with a liquidity hub-and-spoke design, share-based accounting, and an optional reinvestment module. Here is how it could concentrate volume on a few networks, reshape risk, and reset yields as Q4 2025 approaches.

Cross-organ PER data mark 2025 pivot to first human trials

Cross-organ PER data mark 2025 pivot to first human trials

Cross-organ signals from Life Biosciences at ARDD 2025 move partial epigenetic reprogramming from hype to clinical planning. Here is what it means for delivery, safety, endpoints, first indications, and regulatory strategy.

Pentagon's Replicator Reset: DAWG, delays, and the race for AI mass

Pentagon's Replicator Reset: DAWG, delays, and the race for AI mass

Replicator set out to deliver autonomous mass by 2025. Instead, timelines slipped and stewardship reportedly shifted to DAWG under SOCOM. Here is what stalled, what can still be fixed in 12 to 18 months, and what it means for Pacific timelines.

After Congress Axes EPA Methane Fee, What Changes Now

After Congress Axes EPA Methane Fee, What Changes Now

On March 14, 2025 Congress used the Congressional Review Act to void EPA’s methane fee rule, and EPA removed it from the CFR in May. The fee is gone, but methane standards and Subpart W reporting remain, and markets will keep the pressure on through 2027.

OpenAI × Databricks: The Enterprise Agent Stack Goes Mainstream

OpenAI × Databricks: The Enterprise Agent Stack Goes Mainstream

OpenAI’s frontier models now meet Databricks’ lakehouse controls, turning agent pilots into production programs. See how identity, retrieval-to-action, observability, and cost governance align on the data plane, plus build patterns, risk tactics, and a practical 30-60-90 rollout.

USDH goes live on Hyperliquid: the DEX-native stablecoin moment

USDH goes live on Hyperliquid: the DEX-native stablecoin moment

USDH just launched inside Hyperliquid’s trading stack. Here is how exchange-aligned dollars could shift liquidity from USDC and USDT, the governance that matters, and the signals to watch next.

ESCAPADE on New Glenn rewrites the interplanetary playbook

ESCAPADE on New Glenn rewrites the interplanetary playbook

NASA’s twin ESCAPADE probes are back at Astrotech in Florida for a fall launch on Blue Origin’s New Glenn. The mission will map Mars space weather to sharpen habitability science and reduce mission risk, while pointing to a faster, cheaper model for planetary exploration.

F-35 TR-3 deliveries resume as full combat clearance slips

F-35 TR-3 deliveries resume as full combat clearance slips

By mid-2025, F-35 deliveries with TR-3 hardware resumed under payment withholds and partial software. Here is what jets can do now, what is delayed, and how units should train, plan loads, and plug into IAMD while Block 4 matures.

Mt. Gox endgame: late September BTC flows and Q4 liquidity

Mt. Gox endgame: late September BTC flows and Q4 liquidity

Mt. Gox wallets stirred again in late September as the estate stages final distributions before the October 31, 2025 deadline. Here is how to track exchange inflows, derivatives, and on-chain signals to separate real sell pressure from market absorption across BTC, BCH, and the wider crypto complex.

Anthropic’s opt-in shift: five-year retention and your plan

Anthropic’s opt-in shift: five-year retention and your plan

Anthropic now lets consumer users opt in to training Claude on their chats, with data kept for up to five years. See what changed, how it compares to OpenAI and Google, and a practical plan for builders.

Lilly’s Verve buy puts one-shot LDL editing on the longevity map

Lilly’s Verve buy puts one-shot LDL editing on the longevity map

Lilly’s July 2025 purchase of Verve puts one-shot PCSK9 base editing on a fast track from lab signal to real-world prevention. Here is what the data showed, the risks, the regulatory path, and what to watch next.

Tether’s $500B bid and USA₮: the U.S. stablecoin reset

Tether’s $500B bid and USA₮: the U.S. stablecoin reset

Reports on September 23-24 indicate Tether is seeking a $15-20 billion round at a near $500 billion valuation while readying USA₮, a U.S.-regulated dollar token. With Circle’s June IPO and a new federal stablecoin law, market share, transparency, and bank adoption could shift quickly.

Inside Io’s Mega Hotspot: Juno’s 2025 Volcanic Shock

Inside Io’s Mega Hotspot: Juno’s 2025 Volcanic Shock

Juno captured the most powerful eruption ever seen on Io and a cluster of synchronized hotspots near the south pole. The 2025 dataset reshapes ideas about tidal heating, interior plumbing, mission risk, and how to read lava worlds.

AP2 becomes the trust layer for AI agent commerce

AP2 becomes the trust layer for AI agent commerce

AI agents can now place real orders, which breaks long-held assumptions in online payments. AP2 turns fuzzy intent into signed, verifiable mandates that merchants, PSPs, and issuers can trust across cards, bank transfers, and stablecoins.

Dragonfly clears CDR, Titan drone moves from plan to build

Dragonfly clears CDR, Titan drone moves from plan to build

NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft has cleared its Critical Design Review, moving from paper to parts on the path to Titan. Here is what CDR unlocks, why Titan favors flight, and what milestones to watch on the road to a planned 2028 launch.