# Science Social Trends & Public Discussions — 2026-09-29 22:40 UTC

> **Category:** Science  
> **Status:** Trending Up  
> **Timestamp:** 2026-09-29 22:40 UTC (2026-09-29T22:40:00Z)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-09-29-22-40/non_crypto/science  
> **Overview Brief:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-09-29-22-40/non_crypto.md  

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## 10-Minute Category Volume & Sentiment
- **Total Posts:** 22
- **Total Impressions:** 654.3K
- **Bullish / Positive:** 6
- **Bearish / Negative:** 2
- **Neutral:** 14

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## Engagement Analysis
Total Engagement - Comments: 1205, Retweets: 201, Likes: 7584, Impressions: 654320


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## Cited Discussions & Public Evidence


### Discussion #1 by @reddit
> **Author:** [@reddit](https://x.com/reddit)  
> **Metrics:** 6.1K likes · 61 retweets · 1.1K comments · 610.4K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T19:22:37.511000+00:00  



> 
> "TIL: Beets tasting like dirt to some people is biological, similar to how some people think cilantro tastes like soap."


### Discussion #2 by @Idoboriryanjye
> **Author:** [@Idoboriryanjye](https://x.com/Idoboriryanjye)  
> **Metrics:** 141 likes · 111 retweets · 64 comments · 29.1K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T16:01:31+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Idoboriryanjye/status/2104964801659334674](https://x.com/Idoboriryanjye/status/2104964801659334674)  


> 
> "I wasn’t expecting to cry over a mole today, but here we are.  Watch how this little guy protects the chick from a snake and then leads his whole family to safety. Nature is truly incredible!"


### Discussion #3 by @MandyLSimard
> **Author:** [@MandyLSimard](https://x.com/MandyLSimard)  
> **Metrics:** 141 likes · 2 retweets · 23 comments · 5.5K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T13:47:29+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/MandyLSimard/status/2104931069095240073](https://x.com/MandyLSimard/status/2104931069095240073)  


> **Visual Context:** A tortoise beetle with its characteristic dome-shaped, patterned shell rests on a light surface, displaying its translucent edges and small antennae—matching the post's curious question about this distinctive insect.  

> 
> "Have you ever seen a tortoise beetle??"


### Discussion #4 by @niccruzpatane
> **Author:** [@niccruzpatane](https://x.com/niccruzpatane)  
> **Metrics:** 50 likes · 4 retweets · 2 comments · 1.5K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T22:26:41+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/niccruzpatane/status/2105061733026943112](https://x.com/niccruzpatane/status/2105061733026943112)  


> **Visual Context:** The image is a size comparison infographic showing a Starlink V3 satellite alongside a Boeing 787 airplane, both labeled with a wingspan of 60 m (197 ft), illustrating the massive deployed size of SpaceX's V3 satellites, which stow compactly at just 7 m wide inside Starship.  

> 
> "I don’t think people realize how BIG SpaceX 
@Starlink
 V3 Satellites are when deployed. 

When stowed inside Starship, they’re 7 m wide.

When deployed in Orbit, Starlink V3 Satellites have a 60 m (197 ft) wingspan, which is the same size as a Boeing 787’s wingspan. Huge."


### Discussion #5 by @TeslaHype
> **Author:** [@TeslaHype](https://x.com/TeslaHype)  
> **Metrics:** 44 likes · 6 retweets · 0 comments · 1.2K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T04:33:44+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/TeslaHype/status/2104791715777331689](https://x.com/TeslaHype/status/2104791715777331689)  


> 
> "SpaceX is hardcore"


### Discussion #6 by @TOEwithCurt
> **Author:** [@TOEwithCurt](https://x.com/TOEwithCurt)  
> **Metrics:** 24 likes · 5 retweets · 2 comments · 1.0K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T22:03:59+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/TOEwithCurt/status/2105056019546243316](https://x.com/TOEwithCurt/status/2105056019546243316)  


> 
> "Roger Penrose, staying the night in Cambridge, told Stephen Hawking about black hole area increase. The next morning Hawking phoned him, while Penrose was still in bed, with a new use for it: an inequality for two colliding black holes. Penrose says Hawking wrote it up without"


### Discussion #7 by @wallstreetcn_live:wallstreetcn_live
> **Author:** [@wallstreetcn_live:wallstreetcn_live](https://x.com/wallstreetcn_live:wallstreetcn_live)  
> **Metrics:** 1.0K likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 1.0K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T22:41:15.337493+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/wallstreetcn_live:wallstreetcn_live/status/https://wallstreetcn.com/livenews/3172512](https://x.com/wallstreetcn_live:wallstreetcn_live/status/https://wallstreetcn.com/livenews/3172512)  


> 
> "中国气象局国家气候中心预计，本轮厄尔尼诺事件将于11月前后达到峰值。气象专家表示，厄尔尼诺现象迎来峰值并不意味着水电出力进一步增加。若峰值期恰逢冷空气活跃、降水阶段性偏少，今年12月至明年2月水电出力可能低于预期。多家上市公司最新披露的数据显示，今年水电丰枯分化加剧，三季度业绩修复可期，全年高增长或依赖上半年惯性。（上证报）"


### Discussion #8 by @anish2good
> **Author:** [@anish2good](https://x.com/anish2good)  
> **Metrics:** 23 likes · 4 retweets · 3 comments · 745 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-28T17:02:41+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/anish2good/status/2104617806130208982](https://x.com/anish2good/status/2104617806130208982)  


> **Visual Context:** An infographic titled 'Platonic Solids & the Chakras - two traditions, the same elements' from maniclang.com, showing a meditating figure with chakra points alongside geometric shapes representing the heart chakra and air element (octahedron and hexagram from two tetrahedra), with musical notation below.  

> 
> "Platonic Solids and the Chakras — Two Traditions, the Same Five Elements,
#math #music #karma #Chakras

Idea credit 
@JamesPS77"


### Discussion #9 by @LealtadSabia
> **Author:** [@LealtadSabia](https://x.com/LealtadSabia)  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 628 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T22:31:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/LealtadSabia/status/2105062816860250442](https://x.com/LealtadSabia/status/2105062816860250442)  


> 
> "Debido a los fuertes vientos, esta cascada fluye hacia arriba"


### Discussion #10 by @otempo
> **Author:** [@otempo](https://x.com/otempo)  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 607 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T20:17:09+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/otempo/status/2105029131419177011](https://x.com/otempo/status/2105029131419177011)  


> 
> "Hottest day of 2026 in BH has relative air humidity similar to that of a desert

Pampulha Regional, in Belo Horizonte, recorded 36.6°C this Tuesday (9/29)
otempo.com.br/cidades/2026/9
…"


### Discussion #11 by @UAPWixy
> **Author:** [@UAPWixy](https://x.com/UAPWixy)  
> **Metrics:** 14 likes · 2 retweets · 1 comments · 517 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T22:23:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/UAPWixy/status/2105060803024166937](https://x.com/UAPWixy/status/2105060803024166937)  


> 
> "In the undocking of this space capsule a massive "Sphere" shaped UFO appears from behind it...

Space..

3rd November, 2023..."


### Discussion #12 by @RobertRayWx
> **Author:** [@RobertRayWx](https://x.com/RobertRayWx)  
> **Metrics:** 8 likes · 2 retweets · 0 comments · 493 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T21:58:48+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/RobertRayWx/status/2105054715344204187](https://x.com/RobertRayWx/status/2105054715344204187)  


> **Visual Context:** An outdoor video production setup is shown under a grey canopy tent, with a reporter standing in a muddy field, surrounded by professional video cameras on tripods and lighting equipment.  

> 
> "We’re tracking a dangerous flash flooding threat across the Southwest in the coming days as deep tropical moisture pours into the region. From New Mexico and beyond, we’ll be on the ground bringing you the latest conditions, impacts and forecasts LIVE on FOX Weather."


### Discussion #13 by @VeyrnLast0jr
> **Author:** [@VeyrnLast0jr](https://x.com/VeyrnLast0jr)  
> **Metrics:** 4 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 408 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T20:53:45+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/VeyrnLast0jr/status/2105038343402574253](https://x.com/VeyrnLast0jr/status/2105038343402574253)  


> 
> "i ramped a signal from zero to 1.6 and for the first half of that ramp the data could not tell it was there at all

i used 500 variables and 1500 samples of pure gaussian noise, with exactly one real direction hidden inside it. then i computed the full eigenvalue spectrum 900"


### Discussion #14 by @CaLandBird
> **Author:** [@CaLandBird](https://x.com/CaLandBird)  
> **Metrics:** 8 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 219 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T21:49:39+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/CaLandBird/status/2105052412285473237](https://x.com/CaLandBird/status/2105052412285473237)  


> 
> "CaLandBird Weather Station Progress Report

After two days of digging through what I affectionately named Rock City, the foundation is officially complete!

I added a compacted gravel base, set the eight-foot post three feet into the ground, checked it for plumb in both"


### Discussion #15 by @reddit
> **Author:** [@reddit](https://x.com/reddit)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 200 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-28T20:48:02.925000+00:00  



> 
> "What if every home could act like its own virtual power plant?

Suggested"


### Discussion #16 by @Caracol_Cali
> **Author:** [@Caracol_Cali](https://x.com/Caracol_Cali)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 198 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T22:14:38+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Caracol_Cali/status/2105058699404554708](https://x.com/Caracol_Cali/status/2105058699404554708)  


> 
> "Un total de 37 tortugas, que se encontraban en una pileta en el corregimiento de Zaragoza, zona rural de #Cartago, norte del #ValledelCauca, fueron rescatadas por profesionales de la regional Norte de la 
@CvcAmbiental
 .

Se trata de 34 hicoteas y tres charapas."


### Discussion #17 by @Santialonsovigo
> **Author:** [@Santialonsovigo](https://x.com/Santialonsovigo)  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 174 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T21:45:52+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Santialonsovigo/status/2105051459179983350](https://x.com/Santialonsovigo/status/2105051459179983350)  


> 
> "Mariposa vanesa de los cardos también conocida como cardera o bella dama,"


### Discussion #18 by @StarAdvertiser
> **Author:** [@StarAdvertiser](https://x.com/StarAdvertiser)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 164 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T22:18:09+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/StarAdvertiser/status/2105059581923574266](https://x.com/StarAdvertiser/status/2105059581923574266)  


> 
> "Hurricane Nolo weakened further this morning, with maximum sustained winds dropping to 100 mph, as the storm continued north well west of the main Hawaiian Islands.

More: 
808ne.ws/4jvtGUX 

#StarAdvertiser #HInews #HIwx"


### Discussion #19 by @OrchidsWorldcom
> **Author:** [@OrchidsWorldcom](https://x.com/OrchidsWorldcom)  
> **Metrics:** 6 likes · 1 retweets · 1 comments · 91 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T21:17:28+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/OrchidsWorldcom/status/2105044313071870114](https://x.com/OrchidsWorldcom/status/2105044313071870114)  


> 
> "Phrag. caudatum. One of many Phrags you see in every show. These plants were for sale."


### Discussion #20 by @Santialonsovigo
> **Author:** [@Santialonsovigo](https://x.com/Santialonsovigo)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 88 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T21:38:01+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Santialonsovigo/status/2105049482668679356](https://x.com/Santialonsovigo/status/2105049482668679356)  


> 
> "Mariposa papilio machaon."


### Discussion #21 by @prettyreiko
> **Author:** [@prettyreiko](https://x.com/prettyreiko)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 83 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T22:17:59+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/prettyreiko/status/2105059543197630577](https://x.com/prettyreiko/status/2105059543197630577)  


> 
> "#ニュース

 #スペースX が #Starlink V3衛星を地球軌道へ投入し初めて通信に成功

Starship1回の打ち上げでV3衛星60基を運べ
Falcon 9約20回分に相当する通信容量を確保できる見通し

Starship宇宙開発で快進撃続く"


### Discussion #22 by @TLouisevsughan
> **Author:** [@TLouisevsughan](https://x.com/TLouisevsughan)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 37 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T22:05:09+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/TLouisevsughan/status/2105056310882599187](https://x.com/TLouisevsughan/status/2105056310882599187)  


> 
> "Grok Imagine: 
@grok
 @elonmusk
 
Experimenting on New Living Earth like Atmosphere, and water reservoir, Alway  Dreaming  of New Ways to bring  Mars to Life"