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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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New Glenn’s Mars Shot launches ESCAPADE and a new era

New Glenn’s Mars Shot launches ESCAPADE and a new era

On November 12, 2025, Blue Origin’s New Glenn lifted NASA’s twin ESCAPADE probes and a new playbook for planetary science. Compact Mars orbiters paired with commercial heavy lift and L2 staging promise faster, cheaper missions that reduce risk for future crews.

Agents Go Retail: Manus 1.5, $75M Scrutiny, and a 2026 Reset

Agents Go Retail: Manus 1.5, $75M Scrutiny, and a 2026 Reset

Manus 1.5’s October 2025 release and a $75 million round led by Benchmark, now facing U.S. review, mark the moment autonomous web‑acting agents enter mainstream retail. As capital, policy, and reliability engineering collide, commerce and consumer trust are set for a 2026 reset.

Nanowarming Brings Organ Banking to Human Scale in 2025

Nanowarming Brings Organ Banking to Human Scale in 2025

Two milestones in 2025 moved organ cryopreservation from elegant physics to practical engineering: a 10-day pig kidney transplant after cryostorage and liter-scale nanowarming that heats human-sized volumes uniformly. Here is what changed, why it matters, and what comes next.

Tianwen-2 Begins the Quasi-Moon Sample-Return Era

Tianwen-2 Begins the Quasi-Moon Sample-Return Era

Launched in late May 2025, Tianwen-2 is racing toward Earth’s quasi-moon Kamoʻoalewa for a fast-turn sample return by late 2027, then pressing on to active asteroid 311P. Here is why this two-target, solar-electric mission could reset small-body science and planetary defense.

Inside AI’s Power Land Rush Rewriting U.S. Grid Plans

Inside AI’s Power Land Rush Rewriting U.S. Grid Plans

Record U.S. electricity demand in 2025, PJM fast-track approvals, and utilities racing to fund new load are reshaping where and how data centers get built. See the hotspots, the mechanics, and a 2025 to 2028 playbook to win.

Solana’s First U.S. Spot ETF With Staking Opens The Floodgates

Solana’s First U.S. Spot ETF With Staking Opens The Floodgates

Bitwise’s BSOL launched under September’s generic listing standards and included on-chain staking from day one. Here is how a quiet rule change set off an altcoin ETP race, and what the next year could mean for flows, validator policy, custody, and tax.

TIME’s AI Agent and the race for publisher-native assistants

TIME’s AI Agent and the race for publisher-native assistants

TIME just turned its archive and newsroom into a conversational product. Here is why publisher native agents will redefine distribution, what to build first, and how to wire rights, safety, and retrieval for trust and growth.

Restaking goes multi-chain as EigenLayer hits Base L2

Restaking goes multi-chain as EigenLayer hits Base L2

EigenLayer just switched on multichain verification, letting Actively Validated Services run on Base and other Layer 2s while keeping Ethereum-grade security. See what it unlocks, who it shifts, and how to build for 2025 and 2026.

DeepL Agent Goes GA, Multilingual Automation Hits the Enterprise

DeepL Agent Goes GA, Multilingual Automation Hits the Enterprise

DeepL launched its enterprise agent with broad language coverage and European governance, positioning it as a task‑taking coworker that operates across your existing apps. Here is how this changes CRM, ERP, and the future of automation.

Gravitational Waves 2025: O4 Ends and Next-gen Ramps Up

Gravitational Waves 2025: O4 Ends and Next-gen Ramps Up

As the LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA network wraps its extended O4 run in mid November, a flood of detections is reshaping multimessenger astronomy. Here is what upgrades land before O5, what the 2030s megadetectors will add, and why discovery rates are set to jump again.

From Dots to Weathered Worlds: Webb’s 2025 Exoplanet Turn

From Dots to Weathered Worlds: Webb’s 2025 Exoplanet Turn

In 2025 JWST delivered two breakthroughs: direct imaging of a Saturn-mass planet and the first 3D eclipse map of an alien atmosphere. Here is why that matters and what comes next.

Thymus Revival 2025: Turning Immune Aging into Treatable Biology

Thymus Revival 2025: Turning Immune Aging into Treatable Biology

A wave of 2025 breakthroughs is pushing thymus preservation and regeneration from lab to clinic. Here is why immunosenescence is the next big lever for healthspan, what to watch over the next year, and how to fast-track the right biomarkers.

Iron Beam’s 2025 debut rewrites air-defense economics

Iron Beam’s 2025 debut rewrites air-defense economics

Israel’s Iron Beam high-energy laser enters service in 2025 and flips the cost curve of air defense. Dollar-level shots, deep magazines, and software-driven control meet hard limits from weather, power, and beam quality. Here is what changes next.

FERC 881 Slips, the AAR and DLR Race to Free Capacity

FERC 881 Slips, the AAR and DLR Race to Free Capacity

A missed mid-2025 milestone for FERC Order 881 exposed how thin the grid’s software and vendor capacity has become. Here is a practical 2026 to 2028 playbook for ambient adjusted and dynamic line ratings, where the action is now, and how to move first.

Browser Wars 2.0: Atlas makes the browser the agent runtime

Browser Wars 2.0: Atlas makes the browser the agent runtime

OpenAI’s October 21, 2025 launch of ChatGPT Atlas and its Agent Mode preview marks a platform shift. The browser is becoming where agents work, reshaping search, SEO, ads, and developer roadmaps.

USDC at Checkout: Stripe, Shopify and Coinbase Go Live

USDC at Checkout: Stripe, Shopify and Coinbase Go Live

Stripe adds recurring stablecoin billing, and Shopify with Coinbase enable USDC on Base at checkout. Merchants get lower fees, faster settlement, and global reach.

Mars Sample Return, Rebooted: The 2025 Commercial Race

Mars Sample Return, Rebooted: The 2025 Commercial Race

NASA’s 2025 reset opened fixed-price competition and Starship-class ideas, turning Mars Sample Return from one mega-plan into a sprint. What changed, who is bidding, how ESA’s orbiter anchors the mission, and why speed now matters.

America's Stablecoin Law: The 2026 Builder's Field Guide

America's Stablecoin Law: The 2026 Builder's Field Guide

The GENIUS Act is now law. This field guide shows builders exactly what changes in 2026: who can issue on-chain dollars, how rulemaking will unfold, what audits and disclosures will be required, and where the biggest product wins lie.