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‘The mid2000s was the golden era of firstperson shooters’: David Szymanski, creator of Dusk and Iron Lung, discusses the games on his PC

David Szymanski, creator of Dusk and one of the chief architects of the retro FPS revival, grew up playing games like Lemmings and Oil’s Well on the family PC. Among these family favourites was a formative first-person game. But it probably isn’t the one you’d expect: “The most foundational one I can remember is playing Myst for the first time,” says the New Blood designer. “That was the first game I remember really getting super into—being able to enter another world and explore it in first-person.”

Initially a designer of short horror games, Szymanski’s breakout came in 2018 with Dusk, an homage to classic ’90s shooters like Doom and Quake. Following Dusk’s success, Szymanski returned to developing shorter games, including the hit submarine horror game Iron Lung, which was adapted into a movie by YouTuber Markiplier earlier this year.

Generating red blood cell-like cells from canine induced pluripotent stem cells

Blood transfusions are crucial in human and veterinary medicine, yet human blood reserves are in constant need of donors, while blood bank systems in veterinary care are nearly nonexistent. This leaves canine transfusions largely reliant on donations from healthy dogs, but securing compatible blood remains a major challenge because dogs also have different blood types.

Fortunately, recent advances in induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have created new opportunities for producing blood cells in the laboratory. This and the similarities between human and canine health have drawn attention to dogs as translational models that can bring about innovative changes in both fields. However, a method for generating red blood cells from canine iPSCs has not been fully established.

Predicting 2050: The Convergent Power of Emerging Technologies

Dear Friends and Colleagues, In this issue of the Security & Tech Insights newsletter titled Predicting 2050: The Convergent Power of Emerging Technologies, I offer insights on what our world may technologically appear to be in the not-so-distant future. I compiled much of the content from my prior writings and podcasts and they are my perspectives. I would enjoy your feedback and also what you perceive will impact life as we know it in 2050. Thanks Chuck Brooks.

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Nature Ecology & Evolution divergence

Yellow-eyed penguins, also known as hoiho or takaraka (Megadyptes antipodes, pictured), are an endangered species endemic to Aotearoa (New Zealand) with only around 3,000 individuals left in the wild, and the only living member of the genus Megadyptes. In collaboration with Ngāi Tahu iwi (tribe) of the South Island of Aotearoa, whole-genome sequencing of 249 individuals that span the entire species range has identified 3 phylogenetically distinct lineages, which suggests that they exist as 3 subspecies that have been isolated from each other for several thousand years. Genome scans also reveal candidate gene variants associated with differential susceptibility to neonatal respiratory distress syndrome.

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