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· 2026-10-08T07:30:13+00:00Crocodiles are scarier than hippos? Hippos are really scary No match for them
· 2026-10-08T13:24:55+00:00Everything runs on physics
· 2026-10-08T18:12:47+00:00Aircraft evacuating from the Gulf shore today as a strengthened Hurricane Isaias approaches. Also see the Hurricane Hunter aircraft collecting data on the storm.
· 2026-10-08T15:14:40+00:00According to the latest CADENA briefing, Starship Flight 15 is listed for no earlier than November 8, with Flight 16 following on December 10. The naming suggests Flight 16 will deploy Starlink satellites, while Flight 15 will not. My guess: Flight 15 is focused on catching
AI visual note: A coastal launch site with two tall Starship towers stands against the sea, overlaid with the white text “STARSHIP.” The image matches the post’s discussion of upcoming Starship Flights 15 and 16, with the visible hardware suggesting preparations for launch operations.
· 2026-10-08T18:23:26+00:00Hurricane Isaias, the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season, is expected to strengthen before making landfall along the northern Gulf Coast late Friday or early Saturday. Forecasters warn of damaging winds, life-threatening storm surge and heavy rain. Residents in its path
AI visual note: A vertical news-style graphic shows a satellite image of a large hurricane system near the Florida coast, with a small talking-head video of a woman in the upper right. On-screen text reads “HOW TO PRONOUNCE HURRICANE ISAIAS,” “National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,” and the subtitle “Hurricane Isaias is coming. That’s,” while the accompanying post provides forecast details about strengthening, landfall along the northern Gulf Coast, damaging winds, storm surge, and heavy rain.
· 2026-10-08T18:27:00+00:00Trump got a pretty unexpected surprise today. During the Golden Age of American Innovation Summit, White House science adviser Michael Kratsios presented him with his late uncle John G. Trump's National Medal of Science. His uncle was an MIT electrical engineering professor
· 2026-10-08T18:25:25+00:00President Trump received his uncle's National Medal of Science on Thursday ahead of a medal presentation in Washington, D.C. commemorating the efforts of U.S. tech giants. President Ronald Reagan posthumously awarded John G. Trump the science award in 1983.
· 2026-10-08T12:46:48+00:00DW | Countries with the most cats are happier, though there's a twist
· 2026-10-08T18:28:10+00:00A journey to the depths of ancient Mars? Perseverance is exploring a field of light-toned rocks, which are an unusual sight on Mars, a planet dominated by dark-colored basaltic stones. This piqued the team’s interest. What are they? How did they get here? ½
· 2026-10-08T18:20:25+00:00'This is all alligator' - What appeared to be countless bright spots in a lagoon along the Transpantaneira Highway in Mato Grosso were, in fact, reflections of alligators' eyes. The sighting surprised the couple Aline Alves Tavares and Luiz Paulo Figueiredo Gouvea, who have
· 2026-10-08T18:20:09+00:00BREAKING: Elon Musk just received the National Medal of Science from President Trump in Washington, D.C. The citation: "for engineering achievements of extraordinary ambition and scale that have pushed the frontiers of space exploration, intelligence systems, communications,
· 2026-10-08T18:26:34+00:00President Trump just awarded Elon Musk the National Medal of Science “There’s nobody like him” From SpaceX and Tesla to SI, robotics and Neuralink, Elon is pushing humanity into an entirely new technological era A tremendous recognition for decades of extraordinary
· 2026-10-08T17:31:13+00:00The absence of the Moon in the sky helps hunt for bright trails left by comets in a double meteor shower in the coming nights. #OlharDigital #ChuvadeMeteoros
· 2026-10-08T17:55:02+00:00#LiveBlog | The director of the National Hurricane Center (NHC), Michael Brennan, reported that Hurricane Isaias has strengthened again this morning and is recording sustained winds of up to 85 miles per hour.
· 2026-10-08T18:03:36+00:00Google co-Founder Sergey Brin getting his medal.
· 2026-10-08T18:00:50+00:00SpaceX founder Elon Musk, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and AMD CEO Lisa Su will get National Medal of Science. Michael Dell and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella will get the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. #POTUS #Science
· 2026-10-08T06:04:30+00:00Good morning Cosmic sparkles What if feeling someone “on a gut level” were simply a matter of electromagnetism between compatible energetic cores? I think some people don’t attract us because of what they do or what they say. We recognize them. As if something, before
· 2026-10-08T18:19:39+00:00Fingal's Cave is one of the world's most famous sea caves, located on the uninhabited island of Staffa off the coast of Scotland. Its walls are formed from hexagonal basalt columns that took shape as a result of the cooling and hardening of volcanic lava millions of years ago.
· 2026-10-08T18:19:07+00:00#BREAKING: Trump presents Elon Musk with the National Medal of Science at “Science: A New Golden Age Summit.”
· 2026-10-08T17:16:39+00:00For #WorldSpaceWeek, we’re celebrating the progress, innovation, and space talent at Kepler. From our optical satellites and real-time data relay to on-orbit compute and hosted payloads, we’re advancing infrastructure for space missions worldwide. kepler.space
· 2026-10-08T17:21:01+00:00WELCOME HOME, CREW-12! What an incredible morning watching Dragon splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast! Four parachutes, one extraordinary journey, and a beautiful return to Earth! A huge congratulations to the astronauts and the incredible
· 2026-10-08T17:29:54+00:00The interesting part isn’t just that world models struggle with physics — it’s that we can now measure exactly where they break. 40 controlled tasks across 9 categories, scored by actual physical behavior. A 57.76/100 top score shows how far these models still have to go before
· 2026-10-08T18:11:27+00:00People don't realize that we share Earth with largest animals to ever exist in the history of our planet. Blue whale surfaced near Busselton Jetty, Australia.
· 2026-10-08T18:00:01+00:00#OnceLab | Fallece Margaret Hamilton, la mente detrás del software que llevó al humano a la luna. Conoce su legado en la historia de la exploración espacial. #OnceNoticias
· 2026-10-08T16:34:53+00:00Científicos de EEUU desarrollan una IA para reducir daños por inundaciones #IA#Inundaciones#SANAespañolMás información sana.sy/es/varieties/2 …
AI visual note: A news graphic by SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency) shows aerial footage of a flooded residential area with text 'Variedades: Científicos de EEUU desarrollan una IA para reducir daños por inundaciones'.
· 2026-10-08T18:20:05+00:00马斯克，英国皇家学会院士和美国工程院院士，被授予美国国家科学奖章。
· 2026-10-08T17:25:03+00:00Zavodovski Island has lost over 500,000 Chinstrap #penguins since 2011, losing its status as the world’s largest colony Scientists from the @bas_news link the alarming 63% drop to #climate-driven ocean shifts and food shortages qazinform.com/news/worlds-la … @wwf @greenpeace
· 2026-10-08T17:08:42+00:00For robots, simulators, and systems that need to predict subsequent states, this long-term physical consistency is especially critical: short clips may look reasonable, but that doesn't mean biases won't accumulate during continuous decision-making. I hope the benchmark continues
AI visual note: A leaderboard titled 'MC-PhysBench' ranking various AI models by their ability to score long physics holds as a percentage of ground truth, with Gen-4.5 at the top.
· 2026-10-08T17:19:32+00:00This is my favorite shot from Artemis II so far—Absolutely Stunning!
AI visual note: A view of Earth from space, showing the continents of Africa and Europe alongside a glowing moon in the starry background.
· 2026-10-08T18:13:15+00:00NATURE AT ITS MOST UNFORGIVING In Bar, Montenegro, on July 21, 2026, lightning struck the mountain and sparked a fire — only for a powerful thunderstorm to arrive and help extinguish the flames. A breathtaking reminder that nature can create the disaster and the
