# Science Social Trends & Public Discussions — 2026-10-04 18:20 UTC

> **Category:** Science  
> **Status:** Trending Up  
> **Timestamp:** 2026-10-04 18:20 UTC (2026-10-04T18:20:00Z)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-10-04-18-20/non_crypto/science  
> **Overview Brief:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-10-04-18-20/non_crypto.md  

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## 10-Minute Category Volume & Sentiment
- **Total Posts:** 17
- **Total Impressions:** 222.7K
- **Bullish / Positive:** 8
- **Bearish / Negative:** 1
- **Neutral:** 8

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## Engagement Analysis
Total Engagement - Comments: 97, Retweets: 1300, Likes: 21169, Impressions: 222694


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## Cited Discussions & Public Evidence


### Discussion #1 by @Qu4rterm4ster
> **Author:** [@Qu4rterm4ster](https://x.com/Qu4rterm4ster)  
> **Metrics:** 20.5K likes · 1.1K retweets · 55 comments · 199.1K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-04T16:23:20+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Qu4rterm4ster/status/2106782229473194187](https://x.com/Qu4rterm4ster/status/2106782229473194187)  


> **Visual Context:** A white t-shirt displays a faded, ghostly print of the chemistry joke "Protons have mass? I didn't even know," with the text appearing worn and indistinct—reflecting the poster's complaint that the oil printing technique failed and the joke instead comes across as them genuinely not knowing basic chemistry.  

> 
> "I tried to oil print a chemistry joke onto a shirt, but I ran out of oil and it just looks like i’m stupid"


### Discussion #2 by @b_gimpl1234
> **Author:** [@b_gimpl1234](https://x.com/b_gimpl1234)  
> **Metrics:** 406 likes · 153 retweets · 26 comments · 7.8K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-03T18:37:54+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/b_gimpl1234/status/2106453706871111725](https://x.com/b_gimpl1234/status/2106453706871111725)  


> 
> "Notice how the stormchasers were filming these over the Midwest and the videos flooded the internet. Then they just started rolling into towns all across the country. Most people had never seen one before. They popped up as hurricanes dissapeared and Bombiculous appeared."


### Discussion #3 by @reddit
> **Author:** [@reddit](https://x.com/reddit)  
> **Metrics:** 40 likes · 0 retweets · 2 comments · 4.0K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-04T18:16:25.162000+00:00  



> 
> "Captures the Andromeda Galaxy with my iPhone in Yellowstone"


### Discussion #4 by @NASASpaceflight
> **Author:** [@NASASpaceflight](https://x.com/NASASpaceflight)  
> **Metrics:** 63 likes · 15 retweets · 5 comments · 3.9K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-04T18:13:06+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/NASASpaceflight/status/2106809854325137748](https://x.com/NASASpaceflight/status/2106809854325137748)  


> 
> "On this day in 1957, the Soviet Union successfully launched the first-ever human-made object to orbit the Earth.

Sputnik 1 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and remained operational for 21 days, sending an easy-to-track radio signal.

The spacecraft burned up on January 4,"


### Discussion #5 by @DobsonianPower
> **Author:** [@DobsonianPower](https://x.com/DobsonianPower)  
> **Metrics:** 67 likes · 12 retweets · 3 comments · 3.8K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-04T15:56:35+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/DobsonianPower/status/2106775497677963364](https://x.com/DobsonianPower/status/2106775497677963364)  


> 
> "Today is a special and mysterious day for Saturn: it reaches opposition. Earth is passing directly between the Sun and Saturn, meaning the planet is fully illuminated, at its closest approach to us this year, and visible all night long. If weather allows, I'll go live pointing"


### Discussion #6 by @wrzl
> **Author:** [@wrzl](https://x.com/wrzl)  
> **Metrics:** 14 likes · 10 retweets · 1 comments · 524 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-04T17:09:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/wrzl/status/2106793723476500922](https://x.com/wrzl/status/2106793723476500922)  


> 
> "This man made a small puddle in the forest and observed the creatures that came to drink."


### Discussion #7 by @KaptanHindustan
> **Author:** [@KaptanHindustan](https://x.com/KaptanHindustan)  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 521 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-04T17:51:41+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/KaptanHindustan/status/2106804464359522796](https://x.com/KaptanHindustan/status/2106804464359522796)  


> 
> "That tiny dot at the bottom? That's a human.

The gigantic structure behind them is NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center, home to some of the largest doors ever built on Earth.

 The doors are an astonishing 456 feet (139 m) tall, about the height"


### Discussion #8 by @astroferg
> **Author:** [@astroferg](https://x.com/astroferg)  
> **Metrics:** 8 likes · 1 retweets · 1 comments · 505 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-04T16:55:13+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/astroferg/status/2106790253679738896](https://x.com/astroferg/status/2106790253679738896)  


> 
> "Happy world space week! Here is a recap of some of the film astrophotography I've been working on over the last year or so."


### Discussion #9 by @Stellarixorine
> **Author:** [@Stellarixorine](https://x.com/Stellarixorine)  
> **Metrics:** 11 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 449 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-04T17:13:14+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Stellarixorine/status/2106794788351795655](https://x.com/Stellarixorine/status/2106794788351795655)  


> 
> "So close  On July 24, Starship lifted off from Starbase, Texas, for its 13th flight test.
Highlights  
stellarix.gumroad.com/l/eofszi"


### Discussion #10 by @Headshok1962
> **Author:** [@Headshok1962](https://x.com/Headshok1962)  
> **Metrics:** 15 likes · 2 retweets · 3 comments · 371 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-04T18:09:30+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Headshok1962/status/2106808948636684746](https://x.com/Headshok1962/status/2106808948636684746)  


> **Visual Context:** Meme image from '@have.know' showing a patient with surgical tape on his forehead, with text 'Have You Know? Sceintist grow second nose on mans forehead so he can smell both holes at the same time whilst she maketh it clap in his face at the clerb'.  

> 
> "Miracle of science"


### Discussion #11 by @apuntnoticies
> **Author:** [@apuntnoticies](https://x.com/apuntnoticies)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 370 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-04T17:57:28+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/apuntnoticies/status/2106805921259094179](https://x.com/apuntnoticies/status/2106805921259094179)  


> 
> "MAPA | Quant i on va ploure en l’últim episodi de pluges a la Comunitat Valenciana

Santa Magdalena de Polpís acumula més de 273 litres per metre quadrat en tres dies, i seixanta estacions de l’Avamet superen els 100 l/m²

Mira el mapa"


### Discussion #12 by @Ronald_vanLoon
> **Author:** [@Ronald_vanLoon](https://x.com/Ronald_vanLoon)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 358 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-04T18:19:06+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Ronald_vanLoon/status/2106811362924015745](https://x.com/Ronald_vanLoon/status/2106811362924015745)  


> 
> "Edible Food Packaging: The Future of Sustainable, Zero-Waste Packaging
by 
@gigadgets_
#FoodTech #EmergingTech #Technology #Innovation #FutureTech"


### Discussion #13 by @noobwallpaper
> **Author:** [@noobwallpaper](https://x.com/noobwallpaper)  
> **Metrics:** 4 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 294 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-04T17:37:40+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/noobwallpaper/status/2106800937667039365](https://x.com/noobwallpaper/status/2106800937667039365)  


> 
> "Solar System"


### Discussion #14 by @_Chain_Duck_
> **Author:** [@_Chain_Duck_](https://x.com/_Chain_Duck_)  
> **Metrics:** 6 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 279 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-04T16:57:50+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/_Chain_Duck_/status/2106790911275405536](https://x.com/_Chain_Duck_/status/2106790911275405536)  


> 
> "Nobody uploaded a fly's mind into a robot. Let's be clear about that

But according to this thread, the wiring of a real fruit fly's nervous system (166,700 neurons, ~125 million synapses) now takes camera input and sends movement commands to a completely different body

The"


### Discussion #15 by @TrendHaberResmi
> **Author:** [@TrendHaberResmi](https://x.com/TrendHaberResmi)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 209 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-04T17:00:12+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/TrendHaberResmi/status/2106791508103798838](https://x.com/TrendHaberResmi/status/2106791508103798838)  


> 
> "Adana'da, saat 14.36'da meydana gelen Saimbeyli merkezli 4,9 büyüklüğündeki deprem anı, o sırada ailesiyle piknik yapan bir kişinin cep telefonu kamerasına yansıdı."


### Discussion #16 by @Counter_Coup
> **Author:** [@Counter_Coup](https://x.com/Counter_Coup)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 164 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-04T17:49:07+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Counter_Coup/status/2106803818369318912](https://x.com/Counter_Coup/status/2106803818369318912)  


> 
> "Are we on the verge of the biggest DISCLOSURE in human history?

Joe Rogan sat down with Dan Farah, director and producer of The Age of Disclosure, and the conversation goes straight at the claims... UFO recovery programs, non-human technology, intelligence operations, and a"


### Discussion #17 by @aloramyst77514
> **Author:** [@aloramyst77514](https://x.com/aloramyst77514)  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 0 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-04T18:26:33+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/aloramyst77514/status/2106813239380291805](https://x.com/aloramyst77514/status/2106813239380291805)  


> 
> "hydro"