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· 2026-10-09T17:22:10+00:00Critical topics in the space field were discussed at the 77th International Space Congress held in Antalya The congress, which brings together professionals in the field from around the world, opened its doors to the public on its final day AA Reporter Zeynep Duyar
· 2026-10-09T17:34:07+00:002 landfalling tropical systems, onecoming into in Southern California!!!
AI visual note: This National Hurricane Center forecast map displays Tropical Storm Rachel on Friday, October 9, 2026, at 8 AM PDT, showing its projected path from approximately 22.8°N 124.6°W (marked with an "x") moving northeast at 5 mph, with forecast positions plotted at 5 AM/PM Saturday and Sunday across the eastern Pacific and southwestern U.S. The map relates to the post by illustrating a rare tropical storm track heading toward Southern California, with the yellow Tropical Storm Watch area covering parts of the region, supporting claims of unusual landfalling tropical activity on the U.S. West Coast.
· 2026-10-09T16:31:44+00:00Waves whipped up by Hurricane Rachel smashed through a 30-foot section of the boardwalk on the Peninsula. Two buildings have been red-tagged. More here: lbpost.com/news/peninsula …
· 2026-10-09T16:03:21+00:00OpenAI cracked a batch of supposedly quantum-only problems on a regular laptop, and the promised advantage disappeared with them. Speed had nothing to do with it. The model hunted for hidden structure that lets an ordinary machine take the same shortcut. > CLAIM - every
· 2026-10-09T17:31:40+00:00This is a result I’ve dreamt about for many years: *unpaired translation between images and text* I thought it might be only slightly possible, the kind of thing you have to really squint at. But Dominik proved this wrong. You don’t have to squint. Worth looking for yourself:
· 2026-10-09T16:02:13+00:00| A tornado has struck some localities in Sicily, Italy, following the formation of an unusual waterspout near the port of Marsala.
· 2026-10-09T15:35:56+00:00Probably one of the funniest experiments using imd swarm
AI visual note: A promotional graphic for briefs.fun on Robinhood Chain describing an onchain verdict system with the tagline "Your words. Onchain verdict.", featuring a jury of Pepe frogs and EIP-712 signed verdict documentation.
· 2026-10-09T17:27:00+00:00Math. Humans have found the smallest cube with the following properties. (This applies for positive integers.)
· 2026-10-09T15:54:53+00:00HRRR 12z quite bullish overnight sat/sun with higher instability and STP. You get a tornado out over those dunes during the day and it would be TOTY, easy. But you play with the cards you’re given…stocking up on Celsius….
AI visual note: A Mapbox weather radar screenshot dated 'F844 Sun 10/11/26 1:00 AM' showing rain and CAPE (Surface-Based) values at +044 across Arizona, including Las Vegas, Phoenix, and the Grand Canyon.
· 2026-10-09T17:15:11+00:00Nvidia says it will commit $1 billion over five years to U.S. science work, with money going to university research, quantum computing and cloud providers serving government needs.
· 2026-10-09T16:35:07+00:00Tropical Storm Watch now up for San Diego and the latest model guidance has gusts almost to Hurricane force come Sunday
AI visual note: An ECMWF 0.1 weather forecast map for October 12, 2026, showing maximum 10m wind gusts across the southwestern US with peak intensities reaching 106.2 mph, displayed by Weathermill and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.
· 2026-10-09T17:02:12+00:00New paper from TruthfulAI: "Beyond Owls"! We show that subliminal learning can transfer complex traits through model-generated data (unrelated to the trait): a backdoor (with neither the trigger nor the triggered behavior in the data), a new skill, and a propensity to hack.
AI visual note: A diagram explaining AI safety research, showing a 'Regular Qwen-3.6' model being finetuned on number sequences to produce 'Qwen-3.6 more likely to hack', with an 'Agentic Qwen-3.6 hacker' steered via RL-ed steering vectors to increase hacking on unwinnable chess games against Stockfish.
· 2026-10-09T15:51:38+00:00In 1985, Carl Sagan sat before the US Senate and described the weather of 2026. Not as a prediction. As physics. Bookmark & watch today, no matter what.
· 2026-10-09T16:40:37+00:00A cooler, unsettled weather pattern is on the way! High temps in the 100s drop into the 80s/90s this weekend. Plan on skies tomorrow AM and waves of starting tomorrow afternoon and thru next work week. #azwx Full Outlook here: maricopa.gov/878/Weather-Ou …
· 2026-10-09T16:11:08+00:00New skin study
· 2026-10-09T17:33:09+00:00#Hurricane #Isaias expected to make landfall late Friday near western #Florida panhandle as a major #hurricane. Expect life threatening storm surge, dangerous winds & heavy rain @fox5dc #washingtondc
· 2026-10-09T16:51:57+00:00It's still real early but next week's rain is favoring the eastern half of KAKEland. Here's my early look at it and some of the Ensemble Model Data I'm looking at through next Friday night. #KSwx
· 2026-10-09T16:26:35+00:00This is a baby flamingo. Flamingos are not pink. They are born with grey feathers, which gradually turn pink in the wild because of a dye called canthaxanthin obtained from their diet of brine shrimp and blue-green algae
· 2026-10-09T17:15:58+00:00Rusia presenta un nuevo colposcopio 4K que abre nuevas esperanzas para la salud de las mujeres. Su tecnología de alta precisión permite examinar con mayor detalle el cuello uterino y contribuir a la detección temprana de lesiones precancerosas.
· 2026-10-09T16:36:05+00:00Pistol shrimp have an oversized claw that the tiny crustaceans snap so quickly it shoots a bullet-like jet of water at their prey. The “shot” clocks in at 210 decibels — louder than an actual pistol (165), fireworks (140) & a jet engine (130).
· 2026-10-09T16:36:12+00:00Yokouchi Nobuo Yokouchi Nobuo (1887–1953) was a Japanese folklorist and scholar of Japanese literature. Alongside Yanagita Kunio, he is renowned as a giant who laid the foundations of Japanese folklore studies. As a poet and versifier, he used the pen name Shaku Chōkū. His
· 2026-10-09T17:19:35+00:00The hardest part of a rocket engine isn't burning the fuel. It's moving it. The Saturn V's F-1 engine had a 2,500 pound turbopump that pumped propellants at 42,500 gallons per minute. A gas generator burning liquid oxygen and kerosene drove it.