Obligatory:
A new method for adding precise amounts of reactive gases to a chemical experience is being worked on. It involves bonding the gases to a metal-organic framework, and then wrapping weighed pellets in wax. This will hopefully prove much easier than juggling small pressurised bottles of highly corrosive gases, and then guestimating how much “a squirt” should be.
Sperm Whales live in tribes of 20 000 individuals
Sperm whales appear to use collective consensus to make decisions instead of having group leaders, which is interesting. And their version of democracy is no more efficient than our own, admittedly, including hour-long debates about whether they should be turning left or turning right. But that does suggest they might be closer to a “society of consent” than we humans are.