# Science Social Trends & Public Discussions — 2026-10-01 16:30 UTC

> **Category:** Science  
> **Status:** Trending Up  
> **Timestamp:** 2026-10-01 16:30 UTC (2026-10-01T16:30:00Z)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-10-01-16-30/non_crypto/science  
> **Overview Brief:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-10-01-16-30/non_crypto.md  

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## 10-Minute Category Volume & Sentiment
- **Total Posts:** 21
- **Total Impressions:** 49.9K
- **Bullish / Positive:** 7
- **Bearish / Negative:** 0
- **Neutral:** 14

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## Engagement Analysis
Total Engagement - Comments: 20, Retweets: 81, Likes: 662, Impressions: 49920


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## Cited Discussions & Public Evidence


### Discussion #1 by @NASA
> **Author:** [@NASA](https://x.com/NASA)  
> **Metrics:** 78 likes · 16 retweets · 9 comments · 32.7K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T16:36:07+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/NASA/status/2105698284354367897](https://x.com/NASA/status/2105698284354367897)  


> 
> "Destination: 
@Space_Station
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission has successfully launched! The Dragon spacecraft carrying the crew is set to dock at about 7pm ET (2300 UTC) tonight, kicking off several months of scientific exploration. Watch with us here! 
go.nasa.gov/4xS9r7L"


### Discussion #2 by @jrxcket
> **Author:** [@jrxcket](https://x.com/jrxcket)  
> **Metrics:** 264 likes · 12 retweets · 3 comments · 4.3K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T11:22:43+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/jrxcket/status/2105619413164868029](https://x.com/jrxcket/status/2105619413164868029)  


> 
> "Holy shit this picture with Falcon Heavy and Crew Dragon in the background???"


### Discussion #3 by @fasc1nate
> **Author:** [@fasc1nate](https://x.com/fasc1nate)  
> **Metrics:** 4 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 2.8K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T16:30:31+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/fasc1nate/status/2105696875743527250](https://x.com/fasc1nate/status/2105696875743527250)  


> **Visual Context:** A 30-million-year-old praying mantis is perfectly preserved within a polished golden amber specimen, showcasing intricate details of its body and limbs suspended in fossilized resin. The image directly illustrates the post's caption, capturing the remarkable prehistoric insect that has remained intact for millions of years.  

> 
> "A 30 million year old praying mantis embedded in amber.

More rare historical photos:  
bit.ly/44OpIzi"


### Discussion #4 by @Rainmaker1973
> **Author:** [@Rainmaker1973](https://x.com/Rainmaker1973)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 2.6K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T16:31:28+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/2105697113195581647](https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/2105697113195581647)  


> **Visual Context:** A digital facial reconstruction of an early human, showing a man with a dark beard and wild, unkempt hair against a black background. Yellow text reads "Face of the earliest humans has been seen for the first time."  

> 
> "The face of the earliest humans ever found has been reconstructed after 315,000 years.

Researchers rebuilt the face from fossils at Jebel Irhoud in Morocco, the site of some of the oldest known remains attributed to Homo sapiens. The reconstruction gives a view of what members"


### Discussion #5 by @astro_anil
> **Author:** [@astro_anil](https://x.com/astro_anil)  
> **Metrics:** 86 likes · 19 retweets · 1 comments · 1.4K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T16:26:11+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/astro_anil/status/2105695783806988430](https://x.com/astro_anil/status/2105695783806988430)  


> 
> "Crew-13 launch as seen from their destination.  Photo wizardry by Dubrov.  See you soon Watty, Luke, Josh, and Sergey."


### Discussion #6 by @interstellargw
> **Author:** [@interstellargw](https://x.com/interstellargw)  
> **Metrics:** 112 likes · 13 retweets · 1 comments · 1.2K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T15:47:53+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/interstellargw/status/2105686146776752198](https://x.com/interstellargw/status/2105686146776752198)  


> **Visual Context:** A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket's first-stage booster performs a fiery landing burn against a deep blue sky, with a watermark in the upper left reading "INTERSTELLAR GATEWAY - BRANDON M. WYNNE." The image captures the bright, turbulent plume of the engine firing as the booster returns to Earth following the Crew-13 launch.  

> 
> "Falcon 9 landing burn after launching Crew-13 to orbit."


### Discussion #7 by @NaturPictures
> **Author:** [@NaturPictures](https://x.com/NaturPictures)  
> **Metrics:** 6 likes · 3 retweets · 0 comments · 999 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T16:13:24+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/NaturPictures/status/2105692565806666049](https://x.com/NaturPictures/status/2105692565806666049)  


> 
> "The first images captured by a drone of the birth of a humpback whale. The mother immediately raises her newborn calf to the surface so that it can take its first breath."


### Discussion #8 by @OfirPress
> **Author:** [@OfirPress](https://x.com/OfirPress)  
> **Metrics:** 14 likes · 0 retweets · 3 comments · 696 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T16:04:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/OfirPress/status/2105690200798117903](https://x.com/OfirPress/status/2105690200798117903)  


> 
> "the guy who texted me this has double my h-index"


### Discussion #9 by @905hub_
> **Author:** [@905hub_](https://x.com/905hub_)  
> **Metrics:** 12 likes · 4 retweets · 0 comments · 599 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T15:14:34+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/905hub_/status/2105677763147333901](https://x.com/905hub_/status/2105677763147333901)  


> **Visual Context:** A dark-themed weather dashboard showing "Daily Historical Averages" for October 2026, with a forecast for Thursday, October 1, 2026 showing a high of 24° and low of 15°, along with wind, humidity, and rain details.  

> 
> "Today might be Mississauga's last 20°C day until next spring. Temperatures will be hitting 24 and feeling like 30, which is 5°C above the historical average of 19 for October 1.

Tomorrow drops to 19°C and keeps sliding. By the last week of October, the city will see 11 or 12°C"


### Discussion #10 by @Nature_Beauty11
> **Author:** [@Nature_Beauty11](https://x.com/Nature_Beauty11)  
> **Metrics:** 8 likes · 3 retweets · 0 comments · 406 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T15:38:18+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Nature_Beauty11/status/2105683733034799452](https://x.com/Nature_Beauty11/status/2105683733034799452)  


> 
> "Beauty of Moon...

Artemis I captures the clearest view of moon ever."


### Discussion #11 by @_cosmicearth
> **Author:** [@_cosmicearth](https://x.com/_cosmicearth)  
> **Metrics:** 4 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 336 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T16:14:29+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/_cosmicearth/status/2105692838663274902](https://x.com/_cosmicearth/status/2105692838663274902)  


> 
> "... from the window of the International Space Station (ISS) at an altitude of 408 kilometers above the Earth's surface"


### Discussion #12 by @Nature_Beauty11
> **Author:** [@Nature_Beauty11](https://x.com/Nature_Beauty11)  
> **Metrics:** 27 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 318 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T16:02:29+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Nature_Beauty11/status/2105689820215566493](https://x.com/Nature_Beauty11/status/2105689820215566493)  


> 
> "Milky Way"


### Discussion #13 by @TeslaHype
> **Author:** [@TeslaHype](https://x.com/TeslaHype)  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 315 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T15:09:44+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/TeslaHype/status/2105676544974680179](https://x.com/TeslaHype/status/2105676544974680179)  


> 
> "1 minute to launch! #Crew13"


### Discussion #14 by @reddit
> **Author:** [@reddit](https://x.com/reddit)  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 0 retweets · 2 comments · 300 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-30T01:03:38.330000+00:00  



> 
> "Participants needed for online inattentional blindness study! 🧠

Similar to r/philosophy"


### Discussion #15 by @wonderofnatur
> **Author:** [@wonderofnatur](https://x.com/wonderofnatur)  
> **Metrics:** 17 likes · 5 retweets · 0 comments · 235 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T16:00:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/wonderofnatur/status/2105689194639016125](https://x.com/wonderofnatur/status/2105689194639016125)  


> **Visual Context:** Close-up of a dark bronze statue of a frog or toad figure holding a golden ornament with intricate decorative details in its hands.  

> 
> "Rare two-headed turtle discovered in Massachusetts

A diamondback terrapin hatchling with two functional heads was found at a protected nesting site on Cape Cod and is now being monitored by wildlife experts"


### Discussion #16 by @YizhouLiu0
> **Author:** [@YizhouLiu0](https://x.com/YizhouLiu0)  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 183 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T15:05:17+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/YizhouLiu0/status/2105675423157748058](https://x.com/YizhouLiu0/status/2105675423157748058)  


> 
> "ATTENTION powers Transformers. NEURAL SCALING LAWS describe how they improve with more training.

 We find these two pillars of LLM success are deeply connected: Nonlinearity needed to focus on specific tokens gives rise to power-law "massive activation" and power-law loss."


### Discussion #17 by @astronomytodayy
> **Author:** [@astronomytodayy](https://x.com/astronomytodayy)  
> **Metrics:** 4 likes · 2 retweets · 0 comments · 181 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T16:00:03+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/astronomytodayy/status/2105689206232130026](https://x.com/astronomytodayy/status/2105689206232130026)  


> 
> "This serene Milky Way shot uses palm trees as a foreground to frame the galactic core, a common astrophotography technique for scale and composition"


### Discussion #18 by @TSOEfilm
> **Author:** [@TSOEfilm](https://x.com/TSOEfilm)  
> **Metrics:** 5 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 154 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T15:31:57+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/TSOEfilm/status/2105682136736956922](https://x.com/TSOEfilm/status/2105682136736956922)  


> 
> "Albert Einstein once wrestled with a profound possibility: what if the universe had a beginning? 

Explore the science, philosophy, and evidence behind the origins of everything in The Story of Everything, streaming now on Amazon."


### Discussion #19 by @Crucial1972
> **Author:** [@Crucial1972](https://x.com/Crucial1972)  
> **Metrics:** 10 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 142 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T15:19:41+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Crucial1972/status/2105679047116439606](https://x.com/Crucial1972/status/2105679047116439606)  


> **Visual Context:** A white smoke trail from a rocket ascends into the sky over rows of green vineyards under a blue, partly cloudy day.  

> 
> "Crew - 13 launch, not the greatest video but still cool that I can see it from work"


### Discussion #20 by @SpaceXchiefx
> **Author:** [@SpaceXchiefx](https://x.com/SpaceXchiefx)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 67 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T16:17:34+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/SpaceXchiefx/status/2105693613489258719](https://x.com/SpaceXchiefx/status/2105693613489258719)  


> 
> "Dragon separates from Falcon 9’s second stage"


### Discussion #21 by @ProfSK5
> **Author:** [@ProfSK5](https://x.com/ProfSK5)  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 22 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-01T16:35:42+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/ProfSK5/status/2105698180390351117](https://x.com/ProfSK5/status/2105698180390351117)  


> 
> "Three pages. One profound insight. A turning point in modern physics.

On 27 September 1905, at just 26 years of age, Albert Einstein submitted his seminal paper, “Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?”, to Annalen der Physik.

Although remarkably concise,"