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- July 14: Mitchell Riley discovers Riley's p19, the first period-19 oscillator, leaving period 41 as the only period for which no oscillator is known.
- July 13: Nico Brown discovers and subsequently reduces the first engine-based period-59 gun which is much smaller than the previous Herschel-based record.
- July 6: Darren Li releases scourge, an ikpx-like oscillator search program.
- June 29: Nico Brown discovers the p71 glider shuttle, the smallest known period-71 oscillator.
- June 29: Nico Brown releases a modification of LocalForce that can be used to search for dependent reflectors.
- June 16: Martin Grant discovers fenceposts for a very thin period-8 wick that was first presented in Lifeline Volume 3 in 1971.
- June 11: Andrew J. Wade disproves the existence of 4-cell-high orphans in Conway's Game of Life. 5-cell-high orphans had previously been discovered by Steven Eker in 2016.