# Science Social Trends & Public Discussions — 2026-09-26 00:40 UTC

> **Category:** Science  
> **Status:** Cooling Down  
> **Timestamp:** 2026-09-26 00:40 UTC (2026-09-26T00:40:00Z)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-09-26-00-40/non_crypto/science  
> **Overview Brief:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-09-26-00-40/non_crypto.md  

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## 10-Minute Category Volume & Sentiment
- **Total Posts:** 22
- **Total Impressions:** 400.3K
- **Bullish / Positive:** 4
- **Bearish / Negative:** 6
- **Neutral:** 12

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## Engagement Analysis
Total Engagement - Comments: 29, Retweets: 531, Likes: 10027, Impressions: 400256


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## Cited Discussions & Public Evidence


### Discussion #1 by @marsqo
> **Author:** [@marsqo](https://x.com/marsqo)  
> **Metrics:** 8.2K likes · 406 retweets · 1 comments · 200.6K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-25T17:01:59+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/marsqo/status/2103530466641072421](https://x.com/marsqo/status/2103530466641072421)  


> 
> "I came upon a good comment on a video where wildlife document filmmakers interfered/broke no contact by indirectly helping penguins cross a steep icy hill (digging a way over). The comment went something along, “why shouldn’t we interfere positively when we have negatively?”"


### Discussion #2 by @EPl7k581rxw9MnR
> **Author:** [@EPl7k581rxw9MnR](https://x.com/EPl7k581rxw9MnR)  
> **Metrics:** 1.7K likes · 108 retweets · 14 comments · 193.0K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-25T14:23:50+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/EPl7k581rxw9MnR/status/2103490665908990048](https://x.com/EPl7k581rxw9MnR/status/2103490665908990048)  


> **Visual Context:** A dissected slug specimen is pinned to a black square in a clear dish, showing the internal organs including the dark digestive tract and reproductive structures spread open for examination on a wooden surface.  

> 
> "I'm a slug dissection master, so for anything bigger than a meadow slug, I can get this far with the naked eye. Of course, the reproductive organs come out too."


### Discussion #3 by @Met_CindyFitz
> **Author:** [@Met_CindyFitz](https://x.com/Met_CindyFitz)  
> **Metrics:** 21 likes · 5 retweets · 3 comments · 1.1K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-26T00:28:25+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Met_CindyFitz/status/2103642815775609103](https://x.com/Met_CindyFitz/status/2103642815775609103)  


> 
> "Nor’easter update!  The latest on the winds, rain and coastal flooding coming this weekend #weather #storm #wind #noreaster"


### Discussion #4 by @hurricanetrack
> **Author:** [@hurricanetrack](https://x.com/hurricanetrack)  
> **Metrics:** 7 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 739 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-26T00:28:37+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/hurricanetrack/status/2103642863376441609](https://x.com/hurricanetrack/status/2103642863376441609)  


> 
> "Yikes! Fay looks like a large insect that has gone SPLAT on the windshield as you tear down the highway.

What a horrible demise. Don't think I've ever seen a tropical storm look this shredded before (being serious)."


### Discussion #5 by @alphabatcher
> **Author:** [@alphabatcher](https://x.com/alphabatcher)  
> **Metrics:** 5 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 713 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-25T23:22:23+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/alphabatcher/status/2103626198442000441](https://x.com/alphabatcher/status/2103626198442000441)  


> **Visual Context:** The first page of an academic paper titled 'Lazy Grounding: Attacking Search Agents with Factual Evidence' by Yulin Zhang et al. from Duke University, dated Sep 2026.  

> 
> "Duke researchers just showed you can break an AI search agent without feeding it a single false fact

They slipped true pages into its search results, each one answering a slightly different version of the question

Asked which film won Best Picture at the 89th Oscars, the agent"


### Discussion #6 by @BowTiedTrance
> **Author:** [@BowTiedTrance](https://x.com/BowTiedTrance)  
> **Metrics:** 7 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 708 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-25T23:53:48+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/BowTiedTrance/status/2103634101940928634](https://x.com/BowTiedTrance/status/2103634101940928634)  


> 
> "Every part of this is true.

Every part.

Also, if your leg just got sawed off, you're not thinking about the long-term situation with your upcoming root canal.

Human brains and human behavior are 100% predictable, and our team needs people who understand that."


### Discussion #7 by @stormpaulpoulos
> **Author:** [@stormpaulpoulos](https://x.com/stormpaulpoulos)  
> **Metrics:** 4 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 595 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-26T00:03:08+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/stormpaulpoulos/status/2103636451749404961](https://x.com/stormpaulpoulos/status/2103636451749404961)  


> 
> "Current conditions in Babylon,NY as of 8 pm
Temp 63.3°
Light rain 
Winds NNE 16 G45"


### Discussion #8 by @beautykwow
> **Author:** [@beautykwow](https://x.com/beautykwow)  
> **Metrics:** 7 likes · 2 retweets · 3 comments · 497 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-25T22:50:33+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/beautykwow/status/2103618186319192354](https://x.com/beautykwow/status/2103618186319192354)  


> **Visual Context:** An advertisement showing a man sitting at a table drinking soju, with a framed photo of his family displayed on a tablet; Korean text below translates to greetings about Chuseok holiday and reminiscing about past family gatherings.  

> 
> "명절에 불의의 사고로 가족을 잃은 가장의 사연 

발전을 하면 할수록 편리하고 좋은점도 많지만 
그만큼 사건 사고에 취약해진거같다 
어제 자율주행이 더 발전해서 교통사고 없는 사회가 올까라는 기사를 본거같은데 
이런 가슴아픈 사연이 안나왔으면 좋겠다"


### Discussion #9 by @KMPHFOX26
> **Author:** [@KMPHFOX26](https://x.com/KMPHFOX26)  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 404 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-25T23:15:16+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/KMPHFOX26/status/2103624407587393911](https://x.com/KMPHFOX26/status/2103624407587393911)  


> **Visual Context:** A NOAA weather report features a presenter in a blue polo shirt standing outside a house, with satellite imagery of Hurricane Otis approaching Mexico's coastline shown alongside storm tracker graphics.  

> 
> "FOX26 meteorologist Kris Kuyper on Hurricane Polo: "We're going to get a little bit lucky with landfall with Polo because it's going to be making landfall on a sparsely populated area of Baja California Monday morning."
bit.ly/4rBzgHI"


### Discussion #10 by @SpaceKoala
> **Author:** [@SpaceKoala](https://x.com/SpaceKoala)  
> **Metrics:** 7 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 332 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-25T23:27:25+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/SpaceKoala/status/2103627465512153277](https://x.com/SpaceKoala/status/2103627465512153277)  


> 
> "I was so sad to learn that there isn't going to be an eclipse passing over this rock formation called the alien thrown for probably as long as it's going to be around."


### Discussion #11 by @FillieStev79197
> **Author:** [@FillieStev79197](https://x.com/FillieStev79197)  
> **Metrics:** 14 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 321 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-25T22:55:38+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/FillieStev79197/status/2103619463895777776](https://x.com/FillieStev79197/status/2103619463895777776)  


> 
> "Never saw this before piece of a rainbow with no rain pretty sick looking"


### Discussion #12 by @Celestron
> **Author:** [@Celestron](https://x.com/Celestron)  
> **Metrics:** 10 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 291 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-25T23:51:57+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Celestron/status/2103633637904454041](https://x.com/Celestron/status/2103633637904454041)  


> **Visual Context:** A man relaxes in a camping chair beside a telescope on a tripod, gazing up at the sky with green tents visible in the background of the dirt field.  

> 
> "TGIF!  Who’s ready to trade the workweek for a night under the stars?  Sometimes stargazing is all about waiting for the next target to rise—and enjoying the view while you do.   Great shot from 
@vikramv
 featuring a Celestron NexStar 6SE.  : 
@vikramv
  What’s on your"


### Discussion #13 by @jrileywx
> **Author:** [@jrileywx](https://x.com/jrileywx)  
> **Metrics:** 8 likes · 3 retweets · 0 comments · 269 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-26T00:12:30+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/jrileywx/status/2103638807685783667](https://x.com/jrileywx/status/2103638807685783667)  


> 
> "09/25/2026 - Tracking another surge of monsoon moisture headed for eastern New Mexico and western Texas next week! Flash flooding and severe weather will be a possibility. Find out the details in this evening's forecast update. #KLBK #TXwx #NMwx #SPwx #Lubbock"


### Discussion #14 by @Francin28577060
> **Author:** [@Francin28577060](https://x.com/Francin28577060)  
> **Metrics:** 4 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 165 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-26T00:21:15+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Francin28577060/status/2103641009943150768](https://x.com/Francin28577060/status/2103641009943150768)  


> 
> "Milky Way time lapse"


### Discussion #15 by @MakhamDev
> **Author:** [@MakhamDev](https://x.com/MakhamDev)  
> **Metrics:** 13 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 118 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-26T00:30:17+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/MakhamDev/status/2103643286288166921](https://x.com/MakhamDev/status/2103643286288166921)  


> 
> "Black Hole #PixelComposer
pixel-composer.com/projects/Black
…"


### Discussion #16 by @GebhartHoward
> **Author:** [@GebhartHoward](https://x.com/GebhartHoward)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 113 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-25T23:08:51+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/GebhartHoward/status/2103622793019740386](https://x.com/GebhartHoward/status/2103622793019740386)  


> 
> "Friday 505pm.  Thundershower impacting Fort Collins this afternoon.  #cowx"


### Discussion #17 by @debreuil
> **Author:** [@debreuil](https://x.com/debreuil)  
> **Metrics:** 4 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 98 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-25T23:31:45+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/debreuil/status/2103628554563101007](https://x.com/debreuil/status/2103628554563101007)  


> 
> "Technically, the largest freshwater lake in the world is Michigan/Huron, because they are the same level. This is the bridge across the neck, what a beautiful place."


### Discussion #18 by @AlgoFamily
> **Author:** [@AlgoFamily](https://x.com/AlgoFamily)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 72 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-26T00:40:18+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/AlgoFamily/status/2103645804401508375](https://x.com/AlgoFamily/status/2103645804401508375)  


> **Visual Context:** A large full moon glows warmly in a dusky gray-blue sky, partially crossed by silhouetted power lines and a utility pole.  

> 
> "Moon tonight from Texas. Hope everyone has a great weekend!"


### Discussion #19 by @snider_wx
> **Author:** [@snider_wx](https://x.com/snider_wx)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 63 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-25T22:41:36+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/snider_wx/status/2103615935080775746](https://x.com/snider_wx/status/2103615935080775746)  


> 
> "Tracking sunny and mild weather, before rain returns next week. Nicholas Snider has the forecast #ohwx"


### Discussion #20 by @wabisabi_houjou
> **Author:** [@wabisabi_houjou](https://x.com/wabisabi_houjou)  
> **Metrics:** 6 likes · 1 retweets · 1 comments · 57 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-26T00:32:15+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/wabisabi_houjou/status/2103643778259255579](https://x.com/wabisabi_houjou/status/2103643778259255579)  


> 
> "おはようございます
ナインバンドアルマジロというアルマジロがいまして
このアルマジロ、ほぼ4つ子を産むそうです。
しかも、その4匹は基本的に、遺伝的に同じ一卵性の4つ子。
どういうことなんや"


### Discussion #21 by @TikiTales
> **Author:** [@TikiTales](https://x.com/TikiTales)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 33 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-26T00:02:40+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/TikiTales/status/2103636332769931551](https://x.com/TikiTales/status/2103636332769931551)  


> **Visual Context:** An underwater split-shot photograph showing a sea lion swimming just below the surface of clear blue water, with a coral reef visible on the seabed below.  

> 
> "ʻīlioholoikauau 
 Critically endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal

 Pacific  Foundation"


### Discussion #22 by @chadhholmes25
> **Author:** [@chadhholmes25](https://x.com/chadhholmes25)  
> **Metrics:** 4 likes · 2 retweets · 1 comments · 32 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-25T22:50:06+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/chadhholmes25/status/2103618072451965327](https://x.com/chadhholmes25/status/2103618072451965327)  


> 
> "Big old nor'easter coming into New England and this is what the sky look like tonight"