Subreddit: askscience

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AskScience Panel of Scientists XXVII

created by AskScienceModerator on 19/01/2025 at 05:13 UTC - 119 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Meta: What's going on with funding for science in the USA and why does it matter?

created by AskScienceModerator on 19/02/2025 at 13:38 UTC - 1366 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Why does HSV-1 Not Transfer to other parts of the body?

created by xerinab on 16/03/2025 at 19:14 UTC* - 595 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

157 comments

How do ant colonies have a larger population than termite colonies even though termite queens lay eggs faster than ants?

created by Houog on 16/03/2025 at 01:22 UTC - 44 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Why are saturns rings seen as “flat” and not debris all around the planet?

created by Flame_Knife on 14/03/2025 at 23:09 UTC - 999 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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How does the nose differentiate between thousands of different scents?

created by Tf2ToxicSoldierMain on 14/03/2025 at 23:18 UTC - 84 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Does the microbiome of the human skin (eyelash mites, bacteria, yeasts, etc) get killed off when people do things like scuba diving to great depths, ice baths, extreme sauna or mountaineering into low oxygen conditions ?

created by ScissorNightRam on 13/03/2025 at 21:33 UTC - 1507 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Flu shots are a product of eggs. Is the current H5N1 epidemic going to be a huge problem for future flu shot development?

created by uncanny_mac on 13/03/2025 at 20:41 UTC - 187 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

76 comments

How do fish like zoarcid survive 300C by hydrothermal vents?

created by Sad-Comfortable4874 on 14/03/2025 at 02:51 UTC - 1 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Is the "bubbliness" of dish soap related in anyway to it's cleaning properties?

created by nottherealslash on 12/03/2025 at 19:44 UTC - 302 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

96 comments

Ask Anything Wednesday - Biology, Chemistry, Neuroscience, Medicine, Psychology

created by AutoModerator on 12/03/2025 at 14:00 UTC - 164 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

95 comments

Why do MRI images of a fetus feature dark spots in the eyes, resembling pupils?

created by Ghosttwo on 12/03/2025 at 13:56 UTC - 62 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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How do animals know when to migrate? Is it instinct or do they use environmental cues like the position of the sun or magnetic fields?

created by Electrical_Initial87 on 12/03/2025 at 13:44 UTC - 34 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

4 comments

How does sourdough work?

created by Cis3hexenal on 12/03/2025 at 13:18 UTC - 35 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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We have meteorites that landed on Earth from the moon and Mars, do we have any confirmed from other celestial bodies?

created by Satryghen on 11/03/2025 at 13:41 UTC - 422 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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AskScience AMA Series: I'm a plant virologist from the University of Maryland! I study how we can use plant viruses to combat citrus greening, a lethal disease that attacks citrus trees. No cure means citrus will disappear from supermarkets in a decade! AMA about citrus greening and plant virology!

created by AskScienceModerator on 10/03/2025 at 15:57 UTC* - 321 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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Does global volcanic activity follow cycles, or are large eruptions randomly distributed?

created by Notoriouslydishonest on 09/03/2025 at 19:44 UTC - 111 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

7 comments

Where does helium go once it escapes our atmosphere?

created by [deleted] on 08/03/2025 at 21:09 UTC - 564 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

210 comments

If I were on the moon and pointed a telescope towards Earth, how much detail could I see?

created by Sora1274 on 08/03/2025 at 01:10 UTC - 489 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

61 comments

When a meningioma is removed, what fills the hole?

created by blueocean43 on 07/03/2025 at 23:51 UTC - 70 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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ATP? Chemical equations for respiration in full?

created by FrostMonochrome on 07/03/2025 at 06:10 UTC* - 99 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

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I can't understand how light gets "polarised" and how it filters through different polariser in terms of its electric and magnetic field ?

created by Fresh_Recognition_43 on 05/03/2025 at 19:20 UTC - 228 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

76 comments

Why do fans cool down a room instead of heating it up?

created by Melodic_Bill5553 on 05/03/2025 at 20:52 UTC - 68 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

45 comments

Ask Anything Wednesday - Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science

created by AutoModerator on 05/03/2025 at 15:00 UTC - 138 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

76 comments

Why do baby's immune systems "forget" their virus immunity?

created by oofyeet21 on 04/03/2025 at 14:59 UTC - 370 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

58 comments