# Science Social Trends & Public Discussions — 2026-09-29 16:30 UTC

> **Category:** Science  
> **Status:** Cooling Down  
> **Timestamp:** 2026-09-29 16:30 UTC (2026-09-29T16:30:00Z)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-09-29-16-30/non_crypto/science  
> **Overview Brief:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-09-29-16-30/non_crypto.md  

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## 10-Minute Category Volume & Sentiment
- **Total Posts:** 20
- **Total Impressions:** 72.2K
- **Bullish / Positive:** 2
- **Bearish / Negative:** 5
- **Neutral:** 13

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## Engagement Analysis
Total Engagement - Comments: 34, Retweets: 121, Likes: 208, Impressions: 72217


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## Cited Discussions & Public Evidence


### Discussion #1 by @TIME
> **Author:** [@TIME](https://x.com/TIME)  
> **Metrics:** 98 likes · 77 retweets · 10 comments · 60.1K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-28T20:00:38+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/TIME/status/2104662588588265600](https://x.com/TIME/status/2104662588588265600)  


> 
> "SpaceX achieves a long-promised orbit, with the moon and Mars the long-term goal."


### Discussion #2 by @weatherchannel
> **Author:** [@weatherchannel](https://x.com/weatherchannel)  
> **Metrics:** 13 likes · 6 retweets · 0 comments · 4.9K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T16:15:29+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/weatherchannel/status/2104968314686500973](https://x.com/weatherchannel/status/2104968314686500973)  


> **Visual Context:** A weather presenter stands beside a "Hi-Res Future Radar" map showing storms intensifying Wednesday at 12:00 PM CT across New Mexico, West Texas, and surrounding areas near Amarillo, Lubbock, and Albuquerque. The on-screen text reads "STORMS LIKELY TO INTENSIFY WEDNESDAY NIGHT," with a QR code promoting a TV app for androidtv, SAMSUNG, Roku, vizio, and fireTV platforms.  

> 
> "Parts of New Mexico and West Texas are in the spotlight for severe weather tonight and into Wednesday. Thunderstorms could bring damaging winds and a risk of tornadoes as the threat continues across the region"


### Discussion #3 by @koutopo
> **Author:** [@koutopo](https://x.com/koutopo)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 1.6K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T15:03:31+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/koutopo/status/2104950202570551746](https://x.com/koutopo/status/2104950202570551746)  


> 
> "Leidenfrost effect.  
When a water droplet is dropped onto an extremely hot object, the water doesn't evaporate immediately, but instead the droplet moves around as if sliding on the surface.  
It's like an egg skating and dancing. You can find dance in all sorts of everyday"


### Discussion #4 by @move78th
> **Author:** [@move78th](https://x.com/move78th)  
> **Metrics:** 12 likes · 2 retweets · 1 comments · 1.2K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T14:43:37+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/move78th/status/2104945197197258916](https://x.com/move78th/status/2104945197197258916)  


> **Visual Context:** The image shows the cover of "The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the 21st Century's Greatest Dilemma" by Mustafa Suleyman (co-founder of DeepMind and Inflection AI) and Michael Bhaskar, a New York Times bestseller praised by Yuval Noah Harari. The post highlights how shocking the book is, particularly its section on synthetic biology, suggesting the cover's bold, urgent design reflects the alarming technological warnings inside.  

> 
> "This is really freaking shocking  
Mustafa Suleyman's book....  

The synthetic bio part is especially shocking  

I'll finish reading it  
and try to summarize and post it."


### Discussion #5 by @reddit
> **Author:** [@reddit](https://x.com/reddit)  
> **Metrics:** 11 likes · 0 retweets · 2 comments · 1.1K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-26T06:52:05.788000+00:00  



> 
> "What AI Reveals About Quantum Computing’s Biggest Blind Spot

Suggested"


### Discussion #6 by @justinbrave21
> **Author:** [@justinbrave21](https://x.com/justinbrave21)  
> **Metrics:** 19 likes · 15 retweets · 6 comments · 845 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T16:15:21+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/justinbrave21/status/2104968280985501734](https://x.com/justinbrave21/status/2104968280985501734)  


> 
> "50 completely new websites that can turn a quick visit into hours of exploring Earth 

1. 
accessmars.withgoogle.com — Explore Mars in 3D
2. 
dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth — Where your city was millions of years ago
3. 
chronozoom.com — Timeline from Big Bang to now
4."


### Discussion #7 by @endless_sine
> **Author:** [@endless_sine](https://x.com/endless_sine)  
> **Metrics:** 13 likes · 0 retweets · 2 comments · 650 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T15:36:58+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/endless_sine/status/2104958622950379893](https://x.com/endless_sine/status/2104958622950379893)  


> 
> "they used to do it all the time for weird organic bases bcuz they crystallize out neatly or something... oftentimes in old literature you see people characterize Picrates of old product"


### Discussion #8 by @astronomytodayy
> **Author:** [@astronomytodayy](https://x.com/astronomytodayy)  
> **Metrics:** 8 likes · 2 retweets · 0 comments · 294 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T15:00:01+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/astronomytodayy/status/2104949324253688317](https://x.com/astronomytodayy/status/2104949324253688317)  


> 
> "M104 — The Sombrero Galaxy 

About 29 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo lies Messier 104, famously known as the Sombrero Galaxy. Its bright nucleus, vast central bulge, and prominent dust lane cutting across its disk give it the iconic shape of a"


### Discussion #9 by @ResethO
> **Author:** [@ResethO](https://x.com/ResethO)  
> **Metrics:** 5 likes · 0 retweets · 3 comments · 289 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T15:42:03+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/ResethO/status/2104959900254130390](https://x.com/ResethO/status/2104959900254130390)  


> **Visual Context:** A dramatic scene shows multiple SpaceX Starship rockets launching simultaneously from a coastal launchpad, with massive plumes of fire and smoke rising beneath a cloudy blue sky.  

> 
> "An asteroid that is roughly 60 miles wide is barreling towards earth and it will almost sterilize the planet and kill every living human. Would you jump on one of the 10 Starships, with the hope of being able to come back to earth with 1,000 others?"


### Discussion #10 by @Kethiaqueen
> **Author:** [@Kethiaqueen](https://x.com/Kethiaqueen)  
> **Metrics:** 14 likes · 14 retweets · 9 comments · 284 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T16:09:25+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Kethiaqueen/status/2104966789960802344](https://x.com/Kethiaqueen/status/2104966789960802344)  


> 
> "Snow leopard ambushes a goat on the cliff edge… a pure nightmare of a fall!"


### Discussion #11 by @_cosmicearth
> **Author:** [@_cosmicearth](https://x.com/_cosmicearth)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 272 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T15:29:15+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/_cosmicearth/status/2104956679955820569](https://x.com/_cosmicearth/status/2104956679955820569)  


> 
> "NASA has released one of the most detailed visualizations ever created of Earth’s ocean currents."


### Discussion #12 by @benwehrman
> **Author:** [@benwehrman](https://x.com/benwehrman)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 203 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T16:35:12+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/benwehrman/status/2104973278548762883](https://x.com/benwehrman/status/2104973278548762883)  


> 
> "How come every Earth circumnavigation in history has been East  West, but never a single time in history has it been done North  South?"


### Discussion #13 by @benwehrman
> **Author:** [@benwehrman](https://x.com/benwehrman)  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 150 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T16:37:09+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/benwehrman/status/2104973769693364598](https://x.com/benwehrman/status/2104973769693364598)  


> 
> "Do you believe in real science?

Or do you believe in NASA fairy tales?"


### Discussion #14 by @Francin28577060
> **Author:** [@Francin28577060](https://x.com/Francin28577060)  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 2 retweets · 0 comments · 92 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T16:14:44+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Francin28577060/status/2104968124982566964](https://x.com/Francin28577060/status/2104968124982566964)  


> 
> "A massive supercell towered over Nebraska ."


### Discussion #15 by @mercnews
> **Author:** [@mercnews](https://x.com/mercnews)  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 58 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T16:29:23+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/mercnews/status/2104971812203270375](https://x.com/mercnews/status/2104971812203270375)  


> 
> "California communities are bracing for flooding and landslides ahead of the forecast super El Niño."


### Discussion #16 by @paul4jennii
> **Author:** [@paul4jennii](https://x.com/paul4jennii)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 53 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T15:41:13+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/paul4jennii/status/2104959690786353514](https://x.com/paul4jennii/status/2104959690786353514)  


> 
> "UNIPHICS NEWS: Opposite Spins Do Not Pull. The Sea Pushes Them Together. 

School magnetism has a cartoon: opposite charges attract, like charges repel. The cartoon works. It never says what is doing the pulling.

Uniphics replaces the invisible rope with a landscape.

A"


### Discussion #17 by @VEQOapp
> **Author:** [@VEQOapp](https://x.com/VEQOapp)  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 1 retweets · 1 comments · 31 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T15:56:48+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/VEQOapp/status/2104963614792880246](https://x.com/VEQOapp/status/2104963614792880246)  


> 
> "HURRICANE POLO UPDATE

Hurricane Polo has made landfall in Baja California Sur, Mexico, and is now moving toward mainland Mexico.

 The storm has weakened significantly, but dangerous conditions remain, with heavy rainfall, flash flooding and mudslides threatening parts of"


### Discussion #18 by @SafaReall
> **Author:** [@SafaReall](https://x.com/SafaReall)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 29 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T16:12:44+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/SafaReall/status/2104967625273229790](https://x.com/SafaReall/status/2104967625273229790)  


> 
> "When the ice cracks like this, you definitely don’t want to be standing on it"


### Discussion #19 by @Dany_Crypto1
> **Author:** [@Dany_Crypto1](https://x.com/Dany_Crypto1)  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 25 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T15:29:41+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Dany_Crypto1/status/2104956788231823822](https://x.com/Dany_Crypto1/status/2104956788231823822)  


> 
> "now i need to know what happened in that synthetic biology chapter"


### Discussion #20 by @rexllC24yV75130
> **Author:** [@rexllC24yV75130](https://x.com/rexllC24yV75130)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 13 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T16:01:18+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/rexllC24yV75130/status/2104964746755883480](https://x.com/rexllC24yV75130/status/2104964746755883480)  


> 
> "科技改变生活，在鄂尔多斯科技馆我们可以感受科技给生活带来的震撼！"