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· 2026-09-30T18:20:02.368000+00:00TIL Charles Darwin once caught two rare beetles, one in each hand. When he spotted an even rarer third beetle, he refused to let any of them go, so he put one of the first two in his mouth. It sprayed acid down his throat, forcing him to spit it out. In the end, Darwin lost all three.
· 2026-09-30T13:22:21.639000+00:00NASA has a Dragon dilemma, and there appear to be no good answers
· 2026-09-30T15:19:36+00:00The DMT yield after extracting 1 pound of root bark:
· 2026-09-30T20:02:05+00:00Honored to present at the #AAcNS meeting, hands down one of the best neurosurgery meetings of the year. This time in sunny Ojai, CA. Congrats to organizer and friend Gerry Grant from @Dukeneurosurg and happy birthday!
AI visual note: A presenter stands at a podium delivering a talk at the AAcNS (American Association of Neurological Surgeons) meeting in Ojai, CA, with a slide displaying his research on "LDDK Kinetics As A Biomarker Of Disease Activity In OBR Treated With Porphyrin Metabolite Activation" by Vijay Agarwal, MD, FAANS, FCNS from Montefiore Einstein (Albert Einstein College of Medicine), congratulating organizer Gerry Grant from Duke Neurosurgery on a successful neurosurgery conference.
· 2026-09-30T19:56:12+00:00Battle of the Builds #12 Blue Origin has started going vertical again at LC-36. The modified launch tower stacking has begun in hopes of launching by end of year. Relativity has almost completed stacking the second lightning tower. They also finished painting the water tower
AI visual note: Cranes assemble towering launch infrastructure at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, with Blue Origin's modified LC-36 launch tower taking shape in the center alongside Relativity's nearly completed second lightning tower and a newly painted water tower on the right, credited to Julia Bergeron for NSF.
· 2026-09-30T19:31:01+00:00Rubber tires are not what protects you from lightning in a car. The metal shell is. A strike usually hits the antenna or roofline, runs through the metal body around you and then passes through the tires into the ground.
· 2026-09-30T19:59:57+00:00Watch Earth Live
· 2026-09-30T20:00:01+00:00Live views of Earth from the International Space Station! Captured by Sen's 4K cameras
· 2026-09-30T19:02:09+00:00A silhouetted plane flies past the moon during a lunar eclipse
· 2026-09-30T18:35:59+00:00It was an overwhelming honour to receive the Aharonov-Berry Medal in quantum physics, to be linked with these two giants I have so much respect & admiration for. Thanks Yakir & Michael for inspiration & kindness, to IQS for the award, and to all my amazing students & postdocs!
AI visual note: An announcement states 'The first Aharonov-Berry Quantum Medal in Quantum Physics is awarded to Professor Aephraim M. Steinberg of the University of Toronto,' displaying a medal with portraits and a photo of the recipient.
· 2026-09-30T19:45:32+00:00The anaconda thought it was safe… until the swarm closed in. What happened next was absolutely terrifying!
· 2026-09-30T19:25:11+00:00A global space economy takes more than one company. Starlab’s network already spans continents and industries, bringing together international partners, customers and researchers who are helping shape what comes next in low Earth orbit. From the organizations building Starlab
AI visual note: An infographic titled "Global footprint" by Starlab displays a world map highlighting regions including the United States of America, Canada, Latin America, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, South Korea, and Japan, along with stats showing 03 Offices, 17 Partner Countries, and 03 Science hubs.
· 2026-09-30T19:57:04+00:00UK researchers develop an anti-aging drug for pets and possibly humans that could extend life by 25% if approved. @foxandfriends is streaming live on FOX One.
· 2026-09-30T19:16:44+00:00OpenAI’s dot is a protein designer now It runs RFdiffusion/MPNN/AF2 on its cloud computer, tracks progress in a scratchpad, and opens the predicted designs in PyMOL to click through. All on CPU. Time to enter the Anthropic × Adaptyv competition with this setup? Wish me luck
· 2026-09-30T19:27:26+00:00Episode 61 of Voices of Sustainability is live! Juan Lavista Ferres joins Anita Erskine to explore AI for good — and how access to electricity, connectivity, devices and language tools shapes who benefits. Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
· 2026-09-30T19:55:05+00:00A rare treat for whale watchers off Orange County's coast this week - tropical orcas putting on a show! Video credit: Cecilia Mangrum and Jenna Carter
· 2026-09-30T18:46:43+00:00Everyone must have heard of insectivorous plants; today, you can see one for yourselves.
· 2026-09-30T19:52:19+00:00Good night, rest wells A perfect cube of dry kinetic sand being pressed and then released. The sand expanding and collapsing in while maintaining edges.
· 2026-09-30T19:55:21+00:004.6 Mb - 174 km al Sureste de Petropávlovsk-kamchatski - Rusia Miércoles 30 de Septiembre del 2026