# Science Social Trends & Public Discussions — 2026-10-01 15:40 UTC

> **Category:** Science  
> **Status:** Trending Up  
> **Timestamp:** 2026-10-01 15:40 UTC (2026-10-01T15:40:00Z)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-10-01-15-40/non_crypto/science  
> **Overview Brief:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-10-01-15-40/non_crypto.md  

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## 10-Minute Category Volume & Sentiment
- **Total Posts:** 28
- **Total Impressions:** 69.5K
- **Bullish / Positive:** 9
- **Bearish / Negative:** 0
- **Neutral:** 19

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## Engagement Analysis
Total Engagement - Comments: 35, Retweets: 42, Likes: 1566, Impressions: 69550


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## Cited Discussions & Public Evidence


### Discussion #1 by @reddit
> **Author:** [@reddit](https://x.com/reddit)  
> **Metrics:** 329 likes · 3 retweets · 16 comments · 32.9K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T15:13:24.380000+00:00  



> 
> "A new penguin species, Pygoscelis kerguelensis, has been recognized for the first time in over 100 years 🐧"


### Discussion #2 by @AP
> **Author:** [@AP](https://x.com/AP)  
> **Metrics:** 23 likes · 10 retweets · 3 comments · 15.7K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T15:35:08+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/AP/status/2105682937345638495](https://x.com/AP/status/2105682937345638495)  


> 
> "Four astronauts blasted off Thursday on a space station mission that will stretch until spring, among them a Canadian whose wife will give birth while he’s away."


### Discussion #3 by @Space_Station
> **Author:** [@Space_Station](https://x.com/Space_Station)  
> **Metrics:** 26 likes · 4 retweets · 1 comments · 5.8K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T15:38:43+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Space_Station/status/2105683840039899594](https://x.com/Space_Station/status/2105683840039899594)  


> **Visual Context:** A SpaceX rocket lifts off from the launch pad with bright flames and billowing exhaust, surrounded by tall lightning towers under a dramatic cloudscape, marking NASA's Crew-13 mission heading to the space station.  

> 
> ".
@NASA
's 
@SpaceX
 Crew-13 members are in space on their way to the station for a docking at about 7 p.m. EDT today. Managers will talk about the mission and its launch at 12:45 p.m."


### Discussion #4 by @nypost
> **Author:** [@nypost](https://x.com/nypost)  
> **Metrics:** 8 likes · 2 retweets · 5 comments · 5.5K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T15:23:48+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/nypost/status/2105680084472320321](https://x.com/nypost/status/2105680084472320321)  


> 
> "Scientists discover traces of ancient disease in 1,000-year-old religious text 
trib.al/M7FPq9W"


### Discussion #5 by @DunyaNotlariTR
> **Author:** [@DunyaNotlariTR](https://x.com/DunyaNotlariTR)  
> **Metrics:** 4 likes · 4 retweets · 0 comments · 1.2K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T14:25:19+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/DunyaNotlariTR/status/2105665367448142328](https://x.com/DunyaNotlariTR/status/2105665367448142328)  


> **Visual Context:** A vibrant red octopus with curling tentacles floats in deep blue water, illustrating the post's fact about octopuses preferring to crawl rather than swim due to one of their three hearts stopping during swimming.  

> 
> "World Notes 

Octopuses have 3 hearts.

Even more interesting: While swimming, one of these hearts stops working. That's why octopuses prefer to crawl on the ocean floor instead of swimming."


### Discussion #6 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:** 2026-10-01T15:46:20.297138+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/wallstreetcn_live:wallstreetcn_live/status/https://wallstreetcn.com/livenews/3173418](https://x.com/wallstreetcn_live:wallstreetcn_live/status/https://wallstreetcn.com/livenews/3173418)  


> 
> "美国太空探索技术公司的“龙”飞船10月1日搭载4名宇航员升空，开启前往国际空间站的载人飞行任务。“龙”飞船于美国东部时间1日11时10分许（北京时间1日23时10分许）搭乘“猎鹰9”号火箭从佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔角太空军基地发射升空。随后，飞船与火箭分离，继续飞往国际空间站。按计划，“龙”飞船将飞行约8小时后与国际空间站对接。
此次任务代号为“载人13号”，是载人“龙”飞船第13次执行为国际空间站运送轮换宇航员的任务。飞船上的4名宇航员分别是美国航空航天局宇航员杰茜卡·沃特金斯和卢克·德莱尼，加拿大航天局宇航员乔舒亚·库特里克，俄罗斯国家航天集团宇航员谢尔盖·捷捷里亚尼科夫。（央视）"


### Discussion #7 by @AstronomyPosts
> **Author:** [@AstronomyPosts](https://x.com/AstronomyPosts)  
> **Metrics:** 8 likes · 4 retweets · 0 comments · 931 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T14:52:30+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/AstronomyPosts/status/2105672208865718361](https://x.com/AstronomyPosts/status/2105672208865718361)  


> 
> "These images capture the expansion of Kepler's supernova over 25 years."


### Discussion #8 by @PallottaPedro
> **Author:** [@PallottaPedro](https://x.com/PallottaPedro)  
> **Metrics:** 16 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 773 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T14:38:01+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/PallottaPedro/status/2105668563650613298](https://x.com/PallottaPedro/status/2105668563650613298)  


> 
> "The fueling of the Falcon 9 is being initiated for the Crew 13 launch. Just over 30 minutes remain until takeoff!"


### Discussion #9 by @Climaterra
> **Author:** [@Climaterra](https://x.com/Climaterra)  
> **Metrics:** 11 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 715 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T06:28:29+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Climaterra/status/2105545368369037539](https://x.com/Climaterra/status/2105545368369037539)  


> 
> "Good morning everyone! Overcast sky! 12.8°C/Climaterra!

Standardized stations (private)
estacoesdobrasil.com.br

Coutinho/ P. Scheuer"


### Discussion #10 by @sbYusufAlemdar
> **Author:** [@sbYusufAlemdar](https://x.com/sbYusufAlemdar)  
> **Metrics:** 20 likes · 6 retweets · 0 comments · 550 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T14:53:32+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/sbYusufAlemdar/status/2105672466286739775](https://x.com/sbYusufAlemdar/status/2105672466286739775)  


> 
> "Ray Dönüşümü projemizde çalışmalar devam ediyor..."


### Discussion #11 by @Maverick_Gutier
> **Author:** [@Maverick_Gutier](https://x.com/Maverick_Gutier)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 494 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T15:01:54+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Maverick_Gutier/status/2105674572133490819](https://x.com/Maverick_Gutier/status/2105674572133490819)  


> 
> "*"The moment 1 sperm wins, the egg instantly locks the door for all others. Nature's security system is insane, that's how life begins "*"


### Discussion #12 by @Skoorbkaz
> **Author:** [@Skoorbkaz](https://x.com/Skoorbkaz)  
> **Metrics:** 12 likes · 2 retweets · 4 comments · 488 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T14:00:38+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Skoorbkaz/status/2105659155994255870](https://x.com/Skoorbkaz/status/2105659155994255870)  


> 
> "We’re entering a weird point in history where “know thyself” is becoming an engineering problem.

We have spent hundreds of years trying to understand the mind from the inside. With AI, we can inspect activations, perturb representations and watch behavior change.

Imagine if"


### Discussion #13 by @shipilev
> **Author:** [@shipilev](https://x.com/shipilev)  
> **Metrics:** 8 likes · 0 retweets · 2 comments · 462 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T14:17:44+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/shipilev/status/2105663459442504144](https://x.com/shipilev/status/2105663459442504144)  


> **Visual Context:** A person holding a blue telephone handset next to a large, complex red and silver astronomical telescope setup indoors.  

> 
> "Settling the debate once and for all. Deep sky astrophotography with a phone? Yep, definitely possible. Please wait for a dial tone."


### Discussion #14 by @bean7452
> **Author:** [@bean7452](https://x.com/bean7452)  
> **Metrics:** 11 likes · 0 retweets · 2 comments · 387 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T14:10:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/bean7452/status/2105661511624515849](https://x.com/bean7452/status/2105661511624515849)  


> 
> "P10,000 flight to 107,000 ft and Mach 3.7 at BALLS 

Booster came in supersonic but the nosecone managed to pop off right before impact"


### Discussion #15 by @EzgiKorkmazAI
> **Author:** [@EzgiKorkmazAI](https://x.com/EzgiKorkmazAI)  
> **Metrics:** 19 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 362 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T15:12:08+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/EzgiKorkmazAI/status/2105677149134782775](https://x.com/EzgiKorkmazAI/status/2105677149134782775)  


> **Visual Context:** A screenshot showing two NeurIPS paper decisions: 'NeurIPS 2026 poster Recommendation: Accept (poster)' and 'NeurIPS 2025 spotlight Recommendation: Accept (spotlight)'.  

> 
> "NeurIPS 2025 was truly rewarding!

Excited to present my new single author paper #NeurIPS2026!  
@NeurIPSConf"


### Discussion #16 by @_cosmicearth
> **Author:** [@_cosmicearth](https://x.com/_cosmicearth)  
> **Metrics:** 7 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 354 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T15:03:23+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/_cosmicearth/status/2105674945120567523](https://x.com/_cosmicearth/status/2105674945120567523)  


> 
> "This is Mars on Sol 712 as seen by Curiosity Rover."


### Discussion #17 by @airandspace
> **Author:** [@airandspace](https://x.com/airandspace)  
> **Metrics:** 6 likes · 2 retweets · 0 comments · 294 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T15:41:48+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/airandspace/status/2105684616132616416](https://x.com/airandspace/status/2105684616132616416)  


> 
> "#OTD in 1958, the NACA (the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) officially became 
@NASA
 (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration). We hope your day is truly out of this world!"


### Discussion #18 by @Robble_do
> **Author:** [@Robble_do](https://x.com/Robble_do)  
> **Metrics:** 13 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 268 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T14:13:36+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Robble_do/status/2105662419431293008](https://x.com/Robble_do/status/2105662419431293008)  


> **Visual Context:** A black and white photograph shows a lone person fishing on the edge of a rippled lake, surrounded by a curved sandbank with rolling hills under a cloudy sky.  

> 
> "Low water level at Snailsden Reservoir"


### Discussion #19 by @gradyryan1
> **Author:** [@gradyryan1](https://x.com/gradyryan1)  
> **Metrics:** 6 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 262 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T13:55:25+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/gradyryan1/status/2105657842019848364](https://x.com/gradyryan1/status/2105657842019848364)  


> 
> "Welcome October! 
It’s a month of big changes: in temperature, in daylight, and in fallen leaves! . These scenes will look completely different by the end of the month.  I’m seeing a couple opportunities for frost in the long range #ncwx"


### Discussion #20 by @InterluneSpace
> **Author:** [@InterluneSpace](https://x.com/InterluneSpace)  
> **Metrics:** 8 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 261 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T14:30:08+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/InterluneSpace/status/2105666580080107599](https://x.com/InterluneSpace/status/2105666580080107599)  


> 
> "Raise a glass to 
@rookisaacman
 and the entire 
@NASA
 team on NASA’s 68th birthday!  This year feels different. The progress of the past 12 months has brought a durable space economy closer to reality. #NASA #Artemis #MoonBase"


### Discussion #21 by @mr_kozh
> **Author:** [@mr_kozh](https://x.com/mr_kozh)  
> **Metrics:** 9 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 233 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T15:18:26+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/mr_kozh/status/2105678734837821850](https://x.com/mr_kozh/status/2105678734837821850)  


> 
> "THIS ROBOT COSTS ALMOST NOTHING.

THE BRAIN MAP BEHIND IT TOOK YEARS TO BUILD.

the body is barely a robot:

a clothespin
two paper wings
a tiny motor
a few wires

but the body was never the important part.

scientists reconstructed a fly brain containing 166,700 neurons and"


### Discussion #22 by @TeslaHype
> **Author:** [@TeslaHype](https://x.com/TeslaHype)  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 166 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T15:25:57+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/TeslaHype/status/2105680625751462150](https://x.com/TeslaHype/status/2105680625751462150)  


> 
> "Sci-fi IRL"


### Discussion #23 by @1Nicdar
> **Author:** [@1Nicdar](https://x.com/1Nicdar)  
> **Metrics:** 8 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 157 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T15:38:26+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/1Nicdar/status/2105683767700427017](https://x.com/1Nicdar/status/2105683767700427017)  


> 
> "Living in Florida means you get to see some cool stuff. 

Here's a Falcon 9 rocket that just lifted off from the Cape. 

Video isn't too long, I think the brightness of the sun made it disappear."


### Discussion #24 by @NatureMomentz
> **Author:** [@NatureMomentz](https://x.com/NatureMomentz)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 115 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T14:13:55+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/NatureMomentz/status/2105662499316170887](https://x.com/NatureMomentz/status/2105662499316170887)  


> **Visual Context:** A pale, cream-colored animal resembling a young bear or wolverine walking across a forest floor covered in fallen leaves.  

> 
> "Very rare Leucistic fisher!"


### Discussion #25 by @_cosmicearth
> **Author:** [@_cosmicearth](https://x.com/_cosmicearth)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 102 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T15:14:44+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/_cosmicearth/status/2105677804360573221](https://x.com/_cosmicearth/status/2105677804360573221)  


> 
> "There has to be life on one of these dots."


### Discussion #26 by @_cosmicearth
> **Author:** [@_cosmicearth](https://x.com/_cosmicearth)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 67 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T15:03:26+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/_cosmicearth/status/2105674958710165785](https://x.com/_cosmicearth/status/2105674958710165785)  


> **Visual Context:** A surreal digital artwork features a large, detailed eye with an orange and brown iris set against a cosmic, starry background.  

> 
> ": Quantum facts show your eye contains more atoms than the whole known universe."


### Discussion #27 by @Biosferaviva_
> **Author:** [@Biosferaviva_](https://x.com/Biosferaviva_)  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 2 retweets · 0 comments · 46 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T15:03:31+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Biosferaviva_/status/2105674979408814519](https://x.com/Biosferaviva_/status/2105674979408814519)  


> 
> "Un saltamontes de cabeza de caballo se alimenta tranquilamente entre la vegetación.

Su peculiar apariencia, con una cabeza que recuerda al perfil de un caballo, lo convierte en uno de los insectos más curiosos que podemos encontrar en la naturaleza."


### Discussion #28 by @vural_mexx
> **Author:** [@vural_mexx](https://x.com/vural_mexx)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 12 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T15:01:06+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/vural_mexx/status/2105674373646422019](https://x.com/vural_mexx/status/2105674373646422019)  


> 
> "5.0 Mb - Unimak Island , Alaska
Jueves 1 de Octubre del 2026"