# Science Social Trends & Public Discussions — 2026-10-08 16:30 UTC

> **Category:** Science  
> **Status:** Trending Up  
> **Timestamp:** 2026-10-08 16:30 UTC (2026-10-08T16:30:00Z)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-10-08-16-30/non_crypto/science  
> **Overview Brief:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-10-08-16-30/non_crypto.md  

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## 10-Minute Category Volume & Sentiment
- **Total Posts:** 22
- **Total Impressions:** 42.8K
- **Bullish / Positive:** 6
- **Bearish / Negative:** 4
- **Neutral:** 12

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## Engagement Analysis
Total Engagement - Comments: 61, Retweets: 22, Likes: 131, Impressions: 42769


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## Cited Discussions & Public Evidence


### Discussion #1 by @unusual_whales
> **Author:** [@unusual_whales](https://x.com/unusual_whales)  
> **Metrics:** 17 likes · 4 retweets · 4 comments · 17.6K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T16:38:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/2108235471893774774](https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/2108235471893774774)  


> 
> "President Trump will present the nation’s highest honors for scientific and technological achievement, the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell"


### Discussion #2 by @infoBMKG
> **Author:** [@infoBMKG](https://x.com/infoBMKG)  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 16.4K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T15:53:35+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/infoBMKG/status/2108224294996312480](https://x.com/infoBMKG/status/2108224294996312480)  


> **Visual Context:** A BMKG ShakeMap displays an M4.4 earthquake centered at sea 71 km west of North Bengkulu on October 8, 2026 at 22:23:47 WIB, with coordinates 3.51°S, 101.56°E and a depth of 10 km. The map shows a red star epicenter off the southwestern coast of Sumatra near Mukomuko, with a color-coded intensity scale indicating light to moderate shaking (MMI III) felt in Bengkulu City.  

> 
> "#Earthquake (UPDATE) Mag:4.4, 08-Oct-26 22:23:47 WIB, Loc:3.51°S, 101.56°E (Earthquake epicenter is at sea 71 km West of North Bengkulu), Depth:10 Km Felt (MMI) III Bengkulu City #BMKG"


### Discussion #3 by @cspan
> **Author:** [@cspan](https://x.com/cspan)  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 1 retweets · 1 comments · 2.8K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T15:44:22+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/cspan/status/2108221976191881566](https://x.com/cspan/status/2108221976191881566)  


> **Visual Context:** The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule descends under four white parachutes toward the ocean during a daytime splashdown, with the "C-SPAN" logo visible in the bottom right corner of this broadcast image of the Crew-12 return from the International Space Station.  

> 
> "NASA SpaceX Crew-12 Return to Earth from International Space Station. 

Full video here: 
c-span.org/event/public-a
…"


### Discussion #4 by @JumiCrypto
> **Author:** [@JumiCrypto](https://x.com/JumiCrypto)  
> **Metrics:** 25 likes · 0 retweets · 25 comments · 1.1K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T11:40:39+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/JumiCrypto/status/2108160643841015846](https://x.com/JumiCrypto/status/2108160643841015846)  


> **Visual Context:** A lone figure stands in a hazy desert landscape as a massive dust storm, known as a haboob, engulfs a distant building and obscures the sky with a towering wall of sand.  

> 
> "Haboob Dust Storm and the Giant Sand Wall That Swallows the Sky  
Amid the sweltering heat of the desert, the sky suddenly rises up into a towering wall of reddish-brown dust thousands of meters high, devouring the light and the entire city below in just a few minutes.

That is"


### Discussion #5 by @CRPaatil
> **Author:** [@CRPaatil](https://x.com/CRPaatil)  
> **Metrics:** 5 likes · 2 retweets · 0 comments · 777 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T16:19:03+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/CRPaatil/status/2108230702835826828](https://x.com/CRPaatil/status/2108230702835826828)  


> 
> "Today, reviewed the activities of the Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS) Pune—a glimpse."


### Discussion #6 by @Aliba_79
> **Author:** [@Aliba_79](https://x.com/Aliba_79)  
> **Metrics:** 23 likes · 1 retweets · 22 comments · 688 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T16:11:41+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Aliba_79/status/2108228848802533570](https://x.com/Aliba_79/status/2108228848802533570)  


> 
> "The binding constraint on a multiplanetary civilization is no longer the rocket equation. It is the latency and energy cost of the intelligence that has to run the civilization once it is there.

A self-sustaining city on Mars cannot wait 4–24 minutes for every non-trivial"


### Discussion #7 by @T3Vakfi
> **Author:** [@T3Vakfi](https://x.com/T3Vakfi)  
> **Metrics:** 8 likes · 3 retweets · 0 comments · 466 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T15:57:54+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/T3Vakfi/status/2108225383296380959](https://x.com/T3Vakfi/status/2108225383296380959)  


> 
> "117 araştırmacı, T3 Vakfı desteğiyle IAC 2026’da bildiri sunmak üzere Antalya’da buluştu 

Gençlerimizin çalışmalarının arkasındaki emeği, karşılaştıkları zorlukları ve attıkları adımların gururunu kendi sözlerinden dinledik."


### Discussion #8 by @SciNatureNews
> **Author:** [@SciNatureNews](https://x.com/SciNatureNews)  
> **Metrics:** 8 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 465 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T15:24:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/SciNatureNews/status/2108216848898814233](https://x.com/SciNatureNews/status/2108216848898814233)  


> 
> ": An Invisible Force Helps Your Consciousness ‘Tune Into’ the World Around You—Including Other People’s Minds, Scientists Say.

This could be why you immediately “click” with a new friend."


### Discussion #9 by @tnmoc
> **Author:** [@tnmoc](https://x.com/tnmoc)  
> **Metrics:** 14 likes · 4 retweets · 0 comments · 383 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T15:08:57+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/tnmoc/status/2108213062817681743](https://x.com/tnmoc/status/2108213062817681743)  


> 
> "We are deeply saddened by the passing of Margaret Hamilton, the pioneering computer scientist who led NASA’s Apollo flight software team and coined the term "software engineering." Her legacy will forever inspire women in STEM, as well as all of us here at TNMoC."


### Discussion #10 by @ARISS_Intl
> **Author:** [@ARISS_Intl](https://x.com/ARISS_Intl)  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 367 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T15:54:06+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/ARISS_Intl/status/2108224425112088820](https://x.com/ARISS_Intl/status/2108224425112088820)  


> 
> "We've just published video of two late-September STEM contacts.   

Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte is available at: 
youtu.be/YPQSutVwxkA

And the Firenzie / Venezia Italy contact has 
@Soph_astro
 view from the station at: 
youtu.be/gbiAX--S-R0"


### Discussion #11 by @Agricultura_mex
> **Author:** [@Agricultura_mex](https://x.com/Agricultura_mex)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 4 retweets · 0 comments · 261 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T15:25:08+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Agricultura_mex/status/2108217135990247684](https://x.com/Agricultura_mex/status/2108217135990247684)  


> 
> "En los mares de México habitan especies de pulpo que forman parte de nuestra riqueza pesquera y de la vida de muchas comunidades costeras.

En este #DíaInternacionalDelPulpo reconocemos también el trabajo de las y los pescadores que, con conocimiento y experiencia, hacen"


### Discussion #12 by @El_Noticiero
> **Author:** [@El_Noticiero](https://x.com/El_Noticiero)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 252 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T16:13:26+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/El_Noticiero/status/2108229288591757689](https://x.com/El_Noticiero/status/2108229288591757689)  


> **Visual Context:** A news graphic from 'El Noticiero' shows Donald Trump and Mark Zuckerberg in dark suits, with the headline 'TECNOTIPS: MARK ZUCKERBERG Y EL GOBIERNO DE EE.UU CREAN ALIANZA PARA USAR IA EN LA PREDICCIÓN DE ENFERMEDADES'.  

> 
> "La organización científica Biohub, respaldada por Mark Zuckerberg y su esposa, Priscilla Chan, se alió este miércoles con el gobierno estadounidense, Google y otras instituciones para invertir 1.800 millones de dólares en el desarrollo de modelos de inteligencia artificial"


### Discussion #13 by @jornalnh
> **Author:** [@jornalnh](https://x.com/jornalnh)  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 0 retweets · 3 comments · 204 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T15:02:50+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/jornalnh/status/2108211522388340887](https://x.com/jornalnh/status/2108211522388340887)  


> 
> "Furacão se forma após 342 dias e ameaça atingir a terra com ventos de 180 km/h e grande impacto"


### Discussion #14 by @24NewsHD
> **Author:** [@24NewsHD](https://x.com/24NewsHD)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 199 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T15:55:16+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/24NewsHD/status/2108224718595625433](https://x.com/24NewsHD/status/2108224718595625433)  


> 
> "2024 میں ٹیکساس کے اوپر پرواز کرتے ہوئے نیوی کے T-45 گوش ہاک (Goshawk) طیارے کے اندر سے نظر آنے والا سورج گرہن۔"


### Discussion #15 by @airandspace
> **Author:** [@airandspace](https://x.com/airandspace)  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 144 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T16:36:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/airandspace/status/2108234970938409286](https://x.com/airandspace/status/2108234970938409286)  


> 
> "We are saddened by the passing of pioneering computer scientist and software engineer Margaret Hamilton. As leader of the team that developed the onboard flight software for the Apollo missions, Hamilton helped make Apollo 11’s historic journey to the Moon possible. Her team’s"


### Discussion #16 by @Take_Kuroki
> **Author:** [@Take_Kuroki](https://x.com/Take_Kuroki)  
> **Metrics:** 6 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 122 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T15:00:03+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Take_Kuroki/status/2108210821931364746](https://x.com/Take_Kuroki/status/2108210821931364746)  


> 
> "Leaf
葉

#NaturePhotography #nature #photography"


### Discussion #17 by @DakotaNewsNowWx
> **Author:** [@DakotaNewsNowWx](https://x.com/DakotaNewsNowWx)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 107 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T15:49:06+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/DakotaNewsNowWx/status/2108223166245896430](https://x.com/DakotaNewsNowWx/status/2108223166245896430)  


> 
> "While temperatures will be slightly cooler than they've been the last few days, it's still going to be above normal for this time of the year. Check out the hour by hour temperatures across the area:"


### Discussion #18 by @WorldInMotionHQ
> **Author:** [@WorldInMotionHQ](https://x.com/WorldInMotionHQ)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 101 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T16:09:37+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/WorldInMotionHQ/status/2108228328574668950](https://x.com/WorldInMotionHQ/status/2108228328574668950)  


> 
> "NEWS: NASA, US DOE ink MOU on space nuclear dev"


### Discussion #19 by @reddit
> **Author:** [@reddit](https://x.com/reddit)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 6 comments · 100 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T15:10:35.698000+00:00  



> 
> "[OC] Satisfying Diagram of a Clam from my Zoölogy Class"


### Discussion #20 by @WorldInMotionHQ
> **Author:** [@WorldInMotionHQ](https://x.com/WorldInMotionHQ)  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 78 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T16:11:11+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/WorldInMotionHQ/status/2108228726198562929](https://x.com/WorldInMotionHQ/status/2108228726198562929)  


> 
> "NEWS: White House commits $6B to speed AI, quantum computing, nuclear fusion and space exploration breakthroughs, unveiling "New Golden Age of Science""


### Discussion #21 by @SI4blog_
> **Author:** [@SI4blog_](https://x.com/SI4blog_)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 73 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T15:45:22+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/SI4blog_/status/2108222227678110018](https://x.com/SI4blog_/status/2108222227678110018)  


> 
> "After 237 days and roughly 100 million miles in orbit, Crew-12 is back on Earth 

Dragon successfully splashed down off the coast of Los Angeles, California

An incredible mission comes to an end after months in orbit and tens of millions of miles traveled around Earth"


### Discussion #22 by @uubzu
> **Author:** [@uubzu](https://x.com/uubzu)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 55 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T16:30:50+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/uubzu/status/2108233669488099565](https://x.com/uubzu/status/2108233669488099565)  


> 
> "Predictably, some mathematicians are very upset that some of the slop is sloppy. It’s IRRESPONSIBLE. Just put the math in the bag, bro. It literally doesn’t matter if there are errors. They will be found and they will be fixed 

Nobody has a gun to your head to pay any attention"