# Science Social Trends & Public Discussions — 2026-10-02 18:50 UTC > **Category:** Science > **Status:** Trending Up > **Timestamp:** 2026-10-02 18:50 UTC (2026-10-02T18:50:00Z) > **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-10-02-18-50/non_crypto/science > **Overview Brief:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-10-02-18-50/non_crypto.md --- ## 10-Minute Category Volume & Sentiment - **Total Posts:** 16 - **Total Impressions:** 190.3K - **Bullish / Positive:** 7 - **Bearish / Negative:** 1 - **Neutral:** 8 --- ## Engagement Analysis Total Engagement - Comments: 48, Retweets: 1497, Likes: 19577, Impressions: 190323 --- ## Cited Discussions & Public Evidence ### Discussion #1 by @fefewhitee > **Author:** [@fefewhitee](https://x.com/fefewhitee) > **Metrics:** 19.4K likes · 1.5K retweets · 35 comments · 185.1K views > **Posted:** 2026-10-01T19:24:47+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/fefewhitee/status/2105740729872183703](https://x.com/fefewhitee/status/2105740729872183703) > > "imagine eating a grape the size of your entire body. what luxury" ### Discussion #2 by @Josikinz > **Author:** [@Josikinz](https://x.com/Josikinz) > **Metrics:** 34 likes · 5 retweets · 8 comments · 1.1K views > **Posted:** 2026-10-02T17:17:54+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Josikinz/status/2106071186958676224](https://x.com/Josikinz/status/2106071186958676224) > **Visual Context:** The image shows the title and abstract of a 2026 paper in *Psychopharmacology (Berlin)* by Praneet Suresh, Josie Kins, Lex Levkovskyy, Andrew Thieme, Paul Wren, Tom Ray, Frederick S Barrett, Robin Carhart-Harris, and Danilo Bzdok, titled "Moving beyond 5-HT2A: language models map neurotransmitter receptors to experiential semantics." The abstract outlines a study using a custom GloVe-based semantic embedding model trained on 4,496 trip reports to map associations between 19 neurotransmitter receptors and the subjective effects of 21 psychedelic drugs. This corresponds to the accompanying post announcing the first of three papers, which describes quantifying receptor-subjective experience associations via a latent semantic space. > > "1st of 3 papers came out! We quantified associations between groups of receptors and psychedelic induced subjective experience, via a latent space between receptor binding profiles and a custom semantic space derived from a set of curated trip reports." ### Discussion #3 by @foxweather > **Author:** [@foxweather](https://x.com/foxweather) > **Metrics:** 10 likes · 3 retweets · 0 comments · 979 views > **Posted:** 2026-10-02T17:17:32+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/foxweather/status/2106071093240881311](https://x.com/foxweather/status/2106071093240881311) > > "LOST AT SEA : Hōlei Sea Arch, which has defined the rugged coastline of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park for more than 500 years is officially gone after Hurricane Nolo's impacts on the Big Island of Hawaii. See the coastline before the collapse and what it looks like now." ### Discussion #4 by @wadezone > **Author:** [@wadezone](https://x.com/wadezone) > **Metrics:** 2 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 539 views > **Posted:** 2026-10-02T18:05:12+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/wadezone/status/2106083092276670679](https://x.com/wadezone/status/2106083092276670679) > > "传说中的长沙真空场！ 如何？" ### Discussion #5 by @ej_sa > **Author:** [@ej_sa](https://x.com/ej_sa) > **Metrics:** 39 likes · 1 retweets · 1 comments · 413 views > **Posted:** 2026-10-02T18:38:29+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/ej_sa/status/2106091464237404215](https://x.com/ej_sa/status/2106091464237404215) > > "Some of my favorite shots from the shuttle program were the camera on the SRBs when they separated showing the Shuttle and ET blasting off into orbit. Got the same vibes from the first video. So cool!" ### Discussion #6 by @MyWestLord > **Author:** [@MyWestLord](https://x.com/MyWestLord) > **Metrics:** 3 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 397 views > **Posted:** 2026-10-02T17:13:34+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/MyWestLord/status/2106070095638212944](https://x.com/MyWestLord/status/2106070095638212944) > > "139,255 fruit fly neurons are driving a rat that has 200,000,000 neurons of its own. The chip on its head runs a full copy of a fly's brain, every neuron and all 50 million connections, mapped in 2024 from a brain smaller than a poppy seed. The fly decides and the rat carries" ### Discussion #7 by @allen_ai > **Author:** [@allen_ai](https://x.com/allen_ai) > **Metrics:** 3 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 374 views > **Posted:** 2026-10-02T18:41:21+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/allen_ai/status/2106092188408934826](https://x.com/allen_ai/status/2106092188408934826) > **Visual Context:** A conference schedule for Tuesday, October 6 at the COLM conference, listing AI2-related poster sessions including 'Encode Once, Decode Never', 'MameLoshnLM', 'MMMG', and 'Olmo Hybrid'. > > "We're heading to #COLM2026 next week! Four days of workshops, posters, & talks on our latest fully open AI research, from Olmo Hybrid to evals for AI-assisted scientific writing." ### Discussion #8 by @Oman_Falcon > **Author:** [@Oman_Falcon](https://x.com/Oman_Falcon) > **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 278 views > **Posted:** 2026-10-02T17:26:29+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Oman_Falcon/status/2106073345863389290](https://x.com/Oman_Falcon/status/2106073345863389290) > > "ذكر حصان البحر في الصين طريقة تكاثر فريدة من نوعها؛ فالذكر هو الذي يحمل البيوض داخل كيس خاص في جسمه، ثم يلد مئات الصغار دفعة واحدة. في هذا المشهد، يوثّق أحد أحواض الأحياء المائية في الصين لحظة ولادة ذكر حصان بحر لمئات الصغار، وهي من أغرب وأجمل الظواهر في عالم الكائنات البحرية." ### Discussion #9 by @paul4jennii > **Author:** [@paul4jennii](https://x.com/paul4jennii) > **Metrics:** 6 likes · 3 retweets · 1 comments · 223 views > **Posted:** 2026-10-02T17:39:09+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/paul4jennii/status/2106076535547379751](https://x.com/paul4jennii/status/2106076535547379751) > > "UNIPHICS NEWS: Two Clocks, One Interval, a Ratio in Between School time is one river. A second here is a second there. Relativity already cracked that: a clock higher up, or moving, does not keep the same second as a clock on the ground. Engineers correct GPS for it. They" ### Discussion #10 by @boletimbr > **Author:** [@boletimbr](https://x.com/boletimbr) > **Metrics:** 4 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 208 views > **Posted:** 2026-10-02T18:37:29+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/boletimbr/status/2106091215334830180](https://x.com/boletimbr/status/2106091215334830180) > > "CENA INUSITADA: Elefante-marinho é visto na Praia de São Conrado, na Zona Sul do Rio, nesta sexta-feira (2)." ### Discussion #11 by @IshmailSaboor > **Author:** [@IshmailSaboor](https://x.com/IshmailSaboor) > **Metrics:** 6 likes · 2 retweets · 2 comments · 199 views > **Posted:** 2026-10-02T18:07:58+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/IshmailSaboor/status/2106083787922903517](https://x.com/IshmailSaboor/status/2106083787922903517) > > "Excited to share my lab’s latest preprint led by postdoc @YukiHaba_ and grad student Ryan Schwark. We surprisingly find that spontaneous behavior in isolation predicts a naked mole-rat’s identity, its colony membership, and even rank within its colony. biorxiv.org/content/10.648 …" ### Discussion #12 by @Nature_Beauty11 > **Author:** [@Nature_Beauty11](https://x.com/Nature_Beauty11) > **Metrics:** 5 likes · 3 retweets · 0 comments · 180 views > **Posted:** 2026-10-02T18:26:41+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Nature_Beauty11/status/2106088498327593386](https://x.com/Nature_Beauty11/status/2106088498327593386) > > "This might be one of the most incredible clouds ever caught on camera. A massive cloud covered in rainbow colours, looking more like a painting than real life. Nature never seems to run out of surprises." ### Discussion #13 by @booster_10 > **Author:** [@booster_10](https://x.com/booster_10) > **Metrics:** 4 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 142 views > **Posted:** 2026-10-02T18:47:15+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/booster_10/status/2106093672853033183](https://x.com/booster_10/status/2106093672853033183) > > "That last angle really showed how fast the Booster accelerates away from the ship." ### Discussion #14 by @Bahri56789012 > **Author:** [@Bahri56789012](https://x.com/Bahri56789012) > **Metrics:** 7 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 103 views > **Posted:** 2026-10-02T18:01:04+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Bahri56789012/status/2106082050528694418](https://x.com/Bahri56789012/status/2106082050528694418) > > "Geldik yaptıklarını gördük. Büyük gurur duyduk. Gözlerimiz seni aradı ama bulamadık. @Selcuk . #TEKNOFESTŞanlıurfa" ### Discussion #15 by @TVTenlinea > **Author:** [@TVTenlinea](https://x.com/TVTenlinea) > **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 59 views > **Posted:** 2026-10-02T17:36:44+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/TVTenlinea/status/2106075924374388784](https://x.com/TVTenlinea/status/2106075924374388784) > **Visual Context:** A Spanish-language weather forecast graphic from CORAT and Televisión Tabasqueña titled 'Pronóstico de lluvias' (Rain Forecast) for Tabasco and northern Chiapas, warning of heavy rainfall today Friday and an upcoming rainy cycle from Saturday to Monday due to a cold front. > > "#Entérate Prevén lluvias muy fuertes para Tabasco Para este viernes se esperan lluvias localmente muy fuertes, debido al ingreso de humedad y a condiciones inestables en la alta atmósfera. Además, se mantiene vigilancia sobre un nuevo ciclo de lluvias para Tabasco y el" ### Discussion #16 by @GK_Trustee > **Author:** [@GK_Trustee](https://x.com/GK_Trustee) > **Metrics:** 3 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 25 views > **Posted:** 2026-10-02T18:35:50+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/GK_Trustee/status/2106090800119447967](https://x.com/GK_Trustee/status/2106090800119447967) > > "Self-esteem doesn’t lift. Chamber pressure does. The ground signed up. Heat is the receipt."