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· 2026-10-05T11:16:37+00:00It's utter madness, what's been brewing for the past three or four days off the coast of Catalonia. The experts admit they don't understand a thing about it, except that it's starting to look like a tropical storm.
· 2026-10-05T14:40:04+00:00Slovenian glacier could disappear in days, researchers say reut.rs/4rWUi3x
· 2026-10-05T14:17:07+00:00The U.K has had such beautiful hot weather this year. I bet the winter makes us pay for it with freezing weather that we've never seen before.
· 2026-10-05T13:26:12+00:00Well it is a matter of time now before the Gulf storm forms. NHC upping the odds as expected and the GFS backed down to the EURO and has it as a tropical storm but kind of a messy one into the Southeast. The outlier on this could be if it hang in the South part of the Gulf
AI visual note: The image is a National Hurricane Center 7-day graphical tropical weather outlook for Florida, highlighting "Disturbance 1" with a 70% chance of cyclone formation in 7 days (40% within 48 hours) in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, expected to bring heavy rainfall and potential tropical development toward the northern Gulf coast. This aligns with the post's discussion of the approaching Gulf storm, noting the NHC's increased formation odds and the GFS model's alignment with a messy tropical system moving into the southeastern U.S., with the storm's southern Gulf track being a key variable.
· 2026-10-05T13:59:39+00:00A dangerous and long-lasting heat wave will bear down on Southern California for several more days, but a cooldown, and even a slight chance of rain, is on the way.
· 2026-10-05T13:10:31+00:00World Space Week We're celebrating World Space Week with an image that captures the main headquarters of the Italian Space Agency, in Rome. @esa @IrideSpazio @Argotec_Space
· 2026-10-05T15:04:14.721000+00:00Scorpion venom is valued at roughly $39 million per gallon (3.8 liters), making it the most expensive liquid on Earth. In 2-3 weeks, the scorpions will provide another drop.
· 2026-10-05T13:48:15+00:00Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 For Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel "for their discoveries relating to light-activated ion channels and optogenetics". The Nobel Assembly called optogenetics a new era in neuroscience, “the discovery of a
· 2026-10-05T14:21:22+00:00Dramatic ice calving from Ventisquero Colgante, where large chunks break off the blue hanging glacier and plunge hundreds of feet down sheer cliffs, merging with powerful waterfalls amid heavy mist in Queulat National Park. Hanging glaciers like this one in Chilean Patagonia
· 2026-10-05T13:52:30+00:00Just in: A magnitude 4.40 earthquake occurred near 54 km (34 mi) WSW of Tambolaka, Indonesia. Depth: 39.5 km Time: October 05, 2026 08:17 PM (Local Time) If you are in the area, feel free to share your experience below. #earthquake #EarthquakeUpdate #Indonesia
AI visual note: Map graphic showing an M4.4 Earthquake in Indonesia, 54 km WSW of Tambolaka, with concentric rings centered on a location between Java and Timor, indicating a depth of 39.5 km on October 5, 2026 at 08:17 PM local time, credited to EarthquakeToday.org.
· 2026-10-05T13:00:30+00:00The owners of the forest—those who ought to be protected—can only watch as their habitat vanishes due to human actions.
· 2026-10-05T13:22:36+00:00METEOR ILLUMINATING THE SKIES IN LIBYA In the western part of Libya, the sky was illuminated during nighttime hours by the light created by a bright meteor entering the atmosphere. The bright fireball formed at the moment the meteor entered the atmosphere broke apart and
· 2026-10-05T13:16:39+00:00Transformer generalization theory provides simple formatting tricks for boosting small models on state tracking (here: GPT-5.6 Luna). Come meet the authors at COLM: Grand Ballroom Poster Location: #132 on Tuesday, 4:30 PM PDT in Poster Session 2.
· 2026-10-05T13:47:35+00:00The Moon needs wheels. Every mission’s reach depends on what can move beyond the landing site. Get a look inside @LunarOutpostInc as we explore the vehicles and software behind its plans for a lunar transportation network.
· 2026-10-05T14:32:30+00:00Starlink V3 satellites are raising their orbit
· 2026-10-05T13:32:50+00:00Elon Musk explaining the Starship mission to Kai Trump and family during the Starship Flight 6 mission.
· 2026-10-05T13:44:14+00:00These stunning colors in obsidian are created by the way the lava cools as it forms
· 2026-10-05T13:54:00+00:00Did you know that gorillas sometimes climb trees? Though primarily ground dwellers due to their size, gorillas will climb trees to access a primary source of their diet – leaves! #SilverbackStory – Emily B., Gorilla Care Team #OnlyZooATL (video: Sherri K.)
· 2026-10-05T14:17:20.109000+00:00When Maintenance Becomes the Crisis: What South Africa's Green Drop Report Says About Wastewater's Future LifeQuest World Corp (OTCID: LQWC) Monday Oct 5, 2026 Blog South Africa's Department of Water and Sanitation released its latest Green Drop Report this week, and the findings are stark. Of 848 municipal wastewater systems assessed in 2023/24, 396 — nearly 47% — were rated "critical," up from 39% two years earlier. Only 66 systems (8%) scored good or excellent, down from 118 in the prior assessment, and just 14 earned full Green Drop certification. The department is now pursuing 96 criminal cases against 53 water services authorities and has allocated roughly R2.9 billion toward infrastructure upgrades across 87 projects in 2026/27 ().
· 2026-10-05T14:50:39+00:00THE FLY IS DEAD. THE ROBOT MOVES. THE MISSING PIECE IS CODE. at the top: the wiring of a fly’s nervous system. at the bottom: a machine with legs. scientists mapped more than 166,000 neurons. but a map alone can’t make a robot take a step. engineers have to build the bridge:
