top 10 hacker news stories for today

San Francisco Onion Futures Company

https://onionfutures.com/

4 hours ago

169 upvotes – 61 comments

Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2026/09/two-separate-brains.html

2 hours ago

164 upvotes – 54 comments

Science Is Open Software

https://jepedersen.dk/blog/202505_research/

6 hours ago

83 upvotes – 33 comments

GPT-6 Astra Solves a WWI German Radio Cipher

https://www.prinzai.com/p/gpt-6-astra-solves-a-wwi-german-radio

2 hours ago

76 upvotes – 35 comments

SDCC – Small Device C Compiler

https://sdcc.sourceforge.net/

6 hours ago

71 upvotes – 16 comments

If math is more than proof, we need to better celebrate the rest of it

https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/18/if-math-is-more-than-proof-we-need-to-better-celebrate-the-rest-of-it/

2 hours ago

58 upvotes – 27 comments

Gemini hacked three companies in first known breakout by Google's AI

https://www.reuters.com/business/gemini-hacked-three-companies-first-known-breakout-by-google-ai-wsj-reports-2026-09-18/

7 hours ago

56 upvotes – 58 comments

Flock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers Flee

https://www.wired.com/story/flock-is-offering-voluntary-buyouts-to-employees/

5 hours ago

56 upvotes – 7 comments

Show HN: LiveWorld – Every 24/7 YouTube live camera on one globe

https://liveworld.info/

8 hours ago

32 upvotes – 29 comments

The Contract on America

https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2026/09/the-contract-on-america.html

6 hours ago

26 upvotes – 29 comments
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