I decided to try out the synthetic life form to see what unique things they get.  After researching Xeno Combat tech,  the Generate Propaganda project showed up.  The description says "+25 influence to planet".  After completing the project,  the planetary influence only grew by the standard growth amount instead of growth plus 25.  Is this broken or am I wrong about what it does?

In addition, I'm not sure if the +BC and +research projects actually work because it is really hard to tell if  the amounts are actually added to the totals.