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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PEARL’s year-long rapamycin trial: what it really shows
PEARL's 48-week randomized trial in healthy adults reports acceptable safety, sex-specific gains in lean mass, and less pain in women, with no change in visceral fat. Here is what that means for healthspan and what a real Phase 3 must prove.
June 2025 Tariffs Reset U.S. Solar: Prices, Risk, Timelines
New AD and CVD orders on Southeast Asian solar imports reset U.S. module prices and project timelines. Here is what changed on April 21 and June 24, how landed costs now stack up, who can fill the gap, and the moves to make in the next 90 days.
Nasdaq’s plan to list tokenized stocks on its main market
Nasdaq has asked the SEC to let tokenized versions of listed stocks and ETPs trade on the same order book as their traditional shares. Here is the regulatory path, the market plumbing that must line up, and a builder playbook to ship in the next 12 months.
Agentforce 3 hits FedRAMP High with model failover
Agentforce 3 pairs FedRAMP High authorization with automatic model failover, stronger governance, and a growing action marketplace. Here is what CIOs need to know about reliability, observability, pricing, and a blueprint to scale production agents.
Sentinel’s 2025 reset and U.S. ICBM modernization’s pivot
2025 turned Sentinel’s cost crisis into a structured reset. DoD recertified the program, motors fired at scale, and GAO flagged chokepoints. Here is what changed, why the ground segment is now the pacing item, and how to keep Minuteman III credible through the transition.
Texas Goes 765 kV: How ERCOT’s Grid Will Change by 2030
On April 24, 2025, Texas regulators approved new 765 kV import paths into the Permian Basin. Here is what that means for congestion, power prices, oilfield electrification, and the state’s data center buildout through 2030.
Retro Bio’s autophagy Alzheimer’s pill nears first human test
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Algolia Agent Studio and the rise of retrieval-first agents
Algolia’s Agent Studio puts hybrid search, tools, and observability at the center of agent design. Here is why retrieval-first architecture cuts hallucinations and cost, and how it compares with AWS Bedrock AgentCore and GitLab Duo.
USAF Drone Wingmen Lift Off: CCA First Flights Rewire Airpower
The Air Force’s first CCA prototypes are airborne, kicking off autonomy and weapons testing that could reshape F-22 and F-35 team tactics by 2026 to 2027. Here is what flew, what comes next, and why it changes the math.
Tianwen-2’s two-stop quest: Kamoʻoalewa samples, 311P next
China’s Tianwen-2 is attempting a first-of-its-kind two-stop campaign: return samples from Earth’s quasi-moon Kamoʻoalewa by 2027, then pursue active asteroid 311P. Here is how its dual sampling methods, fast-rotator target, and decade-long plan could reset small-body exploration.
Canine longevity hits clinics: Loyal’s RXE and the TRIAD reboot
Veterinary anti-aging just crossed a regulatory threshold. The FDA’s CVM granted RXE to Loyal’s LOY‑002 while the Dog Aging Project restarted its TRIAD rapamycin trial, signaling that geroscience is moving into everyday practice.
AI Load Rewrites the Grid as Coal Lingers and Gas Surges
AI-driven load and policy shifts are reshaping U.S. power planning through 2030. Federal signals slow coal exits, Texas funds dispatchable capacity, the Southeast resets timelines, and data center PPAs move from virtual to physical with capacity and fuel wraps.
A Timely Crypto Reporting Workflow for Policy and Metrics
Build a newsroom workflow that balances policy clocks with market clocks. Use a recency rubric, precise policy snippets, and reproducible on-chain metrics to publish fast, accurate crypto coverage readers trust.
Citi’s AI Agent Pilot Is the Bank-Grade Tipping Point
In late September 2025, Citi began piloting autonomous AI agents inside Stylus Workspaces for 5,000 employees. Here is what changed, why multi-model orchestration matters, and a rollout blueprint with KPIs, controls, and incident playbooks any regulated enterprise can copy.
Ethereum-Grade AVSs on L2: EigenLayer’s Base Debut
Between July 24 and 28, 2025, EigenLayer began rolling out Multi-Chain Verification, letting AVSs run on L2s like Base while inheriting Ethereum-grade security. Explore how cross-chain restaking works, what it unlocks, the new risks to plan for, and a practical builder checklist.
ChatGPT Pulse Goes Proactive: Designing Agents That Act
OpenAI just made ChatGPT proactive. Pulse, announced on September 25, 2025, and ChatGPT Agent (July 17, 2025) reshape product strategy. Use this safety-first playbook to build permissioned, proactive assistants.
Euclid’s first data is rewriting the dark universe map
Euclid’s first public data release (Q1) is already surfacing hundreds of strong gravitational lenses and kickstarting fresh tests of dark matter and dark energy. Here’s how AI and citizen scientists turned sharp imaging into fast physics, and what to watch next.
Tranche 1 hits orbit: SDA’s LEO mesh rewrites kill chains
On September 10, 2025, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched 21 SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites from Vandenberg. With roughly monthly launches planned, a 150 plus satellite LEO mesh with optical crosslinks and Link 16 is set to accelerate missile warning, targeting, and joint fires.

















