# Science Social Trends & Public Discussions — 2026-10-08 20:40 UTC

> **Category:** Science  
> **Status:** Trending Up  
> **Timestamp:** 2026-10-08 20:40 UTC (2026-10-08T20:40:00Z)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-10-08-20-40/non_crypto/science  
> **Overview Brief:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-10-08-20-40/non_crypto.md  

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## 10-Minute Category Volume & Sentiment
- **Total Posts:** 22
- **Total Impressions:** 16.6K
- **Bullish / Positive:** 3
- **Bearish / Negative:** 0
- **Neutral:** 19

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## Engagement Analysis
Total Engagement - Comments: 48, Retweets: 20, Likes: 1138, Impressions: 16566


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## Cited Discussions & Public Evidence


### Discussion #1 by @NBCNews
> **Author:** [@NBCNews](https://x.com/NBCNews)  
> **Metrics:** 5 likes · 3 retweets · 4 comments · 6.7K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T20:20:09+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/NBCNews/status/2108291376836211177](https://x.com/NBCNews/status/2108291376836211177)  


> 
> "Long before a wave of water rushed down the Bhote Koshi river and its tributaries, researchers were working to calculate just how many people are living downstream and exposed to potentially catastrophic flood risk in the areas that drain from Nepal’s high mountain basins."


### Discussion #2 by @NoticiasCaracol
> **Author:** [@NoticiasCaracol](https://x.com/NoticiasCaracol)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 2.2K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T20:32:27+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/NoticiasCaracol/status/2108294474686460414](https://x.com/NoticiasCaracol/status/2108294474686460414)  


> 
> "#World | The return of astronauts to Earth in the Crew 12 mission was successful. Here's how the procedure went.

Follow the Noticias Caracol live signal  
tinyurl.com/ywechn5j"


### Discussion #3 by @NASAUniverse
> **Author:** [@NASAUniverse](https://x.com/NASAUniverse)  
> **Metrics:** 33 likes · 5 retweets · 1 comments · 1.8K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T20:30:02+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/NASAUniverse/status/2108293865123758134](https://x.com/NASAUniverse/status/2108293865123758134)  


> **Visual Context:** An all-sky map displays pink dots scattered across a dark elliptical projection marking TESS's confirmed exoplanet candidate locations, with the Milky Way's luminous band arching through the center and a black rectangular region indicating the survey's observational gap. The credit text reads "NASA/MIT/TESS and Nicole Schanche (University of Maryland College Park)," visually representing the 1,000+ confirmed exoplanets TESS has identified since its 2018 launch.  

> 
> "Our planet-hunting TESS mission has reached an exciting milestone: over 1,000 of the exoplanet candidates it has discovered since its 2018 launch have been confirmed! 

Let’s explore some of these intriguing worlds beyond our solar system …"


### Discussion #4 by @wallstreetcn_live:wallstreetcn_live
> **Author:** [@wallstreetcn_live:wallstreetcn_live](https://x.com/wallstreetcn_live:wallstreetcn_live)  
> **Metrics:** 1.0K likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 1.0K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T20:41:19.439284+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/wallstreetcn_live:wallstreetcn_live/status/https://wallstreetcn.com/livenews/3175856](https://x.com/wallstreetcn_live:wallstreetcn_live/status/https://wallstreetcn.com/livenews/3175856)  


> 
> "美国国家飓风中心（NHC）：西蒙几乎已成为飓风，向墨西哥西南部和中西部发布飓风警报。"


### Discussion #5 by @SputnikMundo
> **Author:** [@SputnikMundo](https://x.com/SputnikMundo)  
> **Metrics:** 10 likes · 6 retweets · 0 comments · 611 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T19:54:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/SputnikMundo/status/2108284796744937535](https://x.com/SputnikMundo/status/2108284796744937535)  


> 
> "Captan en video el momento de la erupción de un volcán en Filipinas

La erupción freática en el cráter principal del volcán Taal comenzó hoy a las 10:06 GMT y duró cinco minutos, de acuerdo con el Instituto de Vulcanología y Sismología de Filipinas (Phivolcs).

 "El"


### Discussion #6 by @minhchau_mayman
> **Author:** [@minhchau_mayman](https://x.com/minhchau_mayman)  
> **Metrics:** 31 likes · 1 retweets · 37 comments · 605 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T02:35:22+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/minhchau_mayman/status/2108023418457317822](https://x.com/minhchau_mayman/status/2108023418457317822)  


> **Visual Context:** A stylized graphic showing three close-up images of human eyes—one open, one closed, and one open—set against a glowing, futuristic illustration of a neural network brain.  

> 
> "We blink so many times a day… but why do we almost never notice that we've just blinked? 

Have you ever tried paying attention to it: our eyes keep blinking nonstop, yet the world in front of us never "blacks out" at all. #DidYouKnow #InterestingFacts #ContentCreator"


### Discussion #7 by @Varneyco
> **Author:** [@Varneyco](https://x.com/Varneyco)  
> **Metrics:** 9 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 578 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T20:26:16+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Varneyco/status/2108292918519668858](https://x.com/Varneyco/status/2108292918519668858)  


> 
> "SPLASHDOWN! SpaceX's Crew-12 astronauts are back on Earth after a successful 8-month-long mission to the International Space Station. The crew's return marks another major milestone for commercial spaceflight."


### Discussion #8 by @DaGhostBoi
> **Author:** [@DaGhostBoi](https://x.com/DaGhostBoi)  
> **Metrics:** 11 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 568 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T20:01:26+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/DaGhostBoi/status/2108286668218261879](https://x.com/DaGhostBoi/status/2108286668218261879)  


> **Visual Context:** A weather skew-T diagram showing a dropsonde at 23.9°N, 89.3°W with launch time 19:37Z Oct 08, 2026, including mandatory level data and significant wind data below 700 mb, from tropicaltidbits.com.  

> 
> "Dropsonde in the SE eyewall of Hurricane #Isaias supports an intensity of 90-95mph now"


### Discussion #9 by @noticierovv
> **Author:** [@noticierovv](https://x.com/noticierovv)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 491 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T18:41:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/noticierovv/status/2108266425550819553](https://x.com/noticierovv/status/2108266425550819553)  


> **Visual Context:** A satellite view of a large hurricane with a distinct eye swirling over the ocean near the southeastern coast of the United States and the Caribbean.  

> 
> "#National | Inameh reports that Hurricane Isaias is advancing toward U.S. coasts with no risk of impact for Venezuela

More details here:
noticiasvenevision.com/noticias/nacio
… 

#NoticiasVenevision #8Oct"


### Discussion #10 by @TempoOeste
> **Author:** [@TempoOeste](https://x.com/TempoOeste)  
> **Metrics:** 13 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 476 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T19:01:15+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/TempoOeste/status/2108271523148800169](https://x.com/TempoOeste/status/2108271523148800169)  


> 
> "Medianeira/PR
08/10/2026
15h30

Tempestade avançando 

 Oeste Drones"


### Discussion #11 by @TheEpicVault
> **Author:** [@TheEpicVault](https://x.com/TheEpicVault)  
> **Metrics:** 4 likes · 2 retweets · 0 comments · 369 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T20:20:40+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/TheEpicVault/status/2108291509183267004](https://x.com/TheEpicVault/status/2108291509183267004)  


> 
> "Around Antarctica no continent gets in the way, so the wind can circle the whole planet without hitting land.

Westerlies blow across thousands of kilometres of open Southern Ocean and keep building waves.

Sailors named these latitudes the Roaring Forties, Furious Fifties and"


### Discussion #12 by @InterestingSci1
> **Author:** [@InterestingSci1](https://x.com/InterestingSci1)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 299 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T20:34:20+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/InterestingSci1/status/2108294949234266395](https://x.com/InterestingSci1/status/2108294949234266395)  


> 
> "Babies who have been crawling for a few weeks usually freeze, peer down, and refuse to cross the deep side—even when their mothers encourage them to come over."


### Discussion #13 by @reddit
> **Author:** [@reddit](https://x.com/reddit)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 200 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T20:40:53.860000+00:00  



> 
> "You won’t look at sand the same way ever again. Humphead parrotfish use their powerful beaks to scrape algae from coral, grinding up the coral as they feed."


### Discussion #14 by @AntonioAdkins17
> **Author:** [@AntonioAdkins17](https://x.com/AntonioAdkins17)  
> **Metrics:** 6 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 177 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T19:26:48+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/AntonioAdkins17/status/2108277952542552500](https://x.com/AntonioAdkins17/status/2108277952542552500)  


> 
> "An eye is starting to form. You can also see the explosive Tstorm development on the western side wrapping around counter clockwise."


### Discussion #15 by @QuarksQuasarsX
> **Author:** [@QuarksQuasarsX](https://x.com/QuarksQuasarsX)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 112 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T19:57:07+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/QuarksQuasarsX/status/2108285580576760249](https://x.com/QuarksQuasarsX/status/2108285580576760249)  


> **Visual Context:** Astronomical footage captioned 'Incredible footage of Saturn rising from behind the Moon during a lunar occultation captured from a ground based telescope by astronomer Jan Koet'.  

> 
> "Captured by astronomer Jan Koet, this breathtaking footage shows Saturn rising from behind the Moon during a rare lunar occultation — all from a ground-based telescope!

 The Moon briefly blocks Saturn, and then... it reappears in stunning detail.
 These events are"


### Discussion #16 by @PartiallyExLife
> **Author:** [@PartiallyExLife](https://x.com/PartiallyExLife)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 108 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T19:02:33+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/PartiallyExLife/status/2108271850694557832](https://x.com/PartiallyExLife/status/2108271850694557832)  


> 
> "God made the fossils 5,000 years ago. Smart says only Occam's razor rules that out. Wes isn't convinced it can.

The Partially Examined Life · Ep. 401: Mind/Brain Identity Theory (U.T. Place, J.J.C. Smart) (Part Two)"


### Discussion #17 by @reddit
> **Author:** [@reddit](https://x.com/reddit)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 100 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T20:40:12.168000+00:00  



> 
> "Rock sourced in far east gippsland - need ID"


### Discussion #18 by @reddit
> **Author:** [@reddit](https://x.com/reddit)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 100 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T20:39:25.569000+00:00  



> 
> "San Onofre Beach, CA. What on Earth is it?"


### Discussion #19 by @RussellDengel
> **Author:** [@RussellDengel](https://x.com/RussellDengel)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 56 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T19:49:02+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/RussellDengel/status/2108283546616180928](https://x.com/RussellDengel/status/2108283546616180928)  


> 
> "View of ConUS Precipitation 10/07-08 #NWS #MRMS Radar Reflectivity composite with Excessive Rainfall Outlook (#ERO) overlay. See a hi-res version here-> 
re.ssec.wisc.edu/s/E3rClK #RealEarth™ #UWSSEC #UWCIMSS 
@SSECRealEarth"


### Discussion #20 by @RussellDengel
> **Author:** [@RussellDengel](https://x.com/RussellDengel)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 55 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T19:42:58+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/RussellDengel/status/2108282023098163284](https://x.com/RussellDengel/status/2108282023098163284)  


> 
> "View of ConUS Precipitation 10/07-08 #NWS #MRMS Radar Reflectivity composite with #SPC Convective Outlook overlay. See a hi-res version here-> 
re.ssec.wisc.edu/s/C3rCke #RealEarth™ #UWSSEC #UWCIMSS 
@SSECRealEarth"


### Discussion #21 by @ChameleonHyper
> **Author:** [@ChameleonHyper](https://x.com/ChameleonHyper)  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 0 retweets · 2 comments · 30 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T20:36:36+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/ChameleonHyper/status/2108295516941426991](https://x.com/ChameleonHyper/status/2108295516941426991)  


> **Visual Context:** A digital artwork of a cute, smiling orange chameleon perched on a tree branch in a lush, sunlit forest environment.  

> 
> "Did you know chameleons change color based on mood and temperature, not just for camouflage."


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

> **Posted:** 2026-10-08T20:38:06+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/ni_celeb/status/2108295895251038578](https://x.com/ni_celeb/status/2108295895251038578)  


> 
> "lạ ha, chắc não tự “vá” phần chớp mắt nên mình không thấy gián đoạn"