r/AskScienceDiscussion

78K archived posts · Nov 2012 – Sep 2026

Discuss, learn, teach. Follow the tangents.

Here you can ask any question you have about being a scientist, what's new in a field, what's going to happen in a field, or are curious about how we got to this point.

Created Nov 19, 2012

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Welcome to r/AskScienceDiscussion, help the subreddit grow by subscribing!

/r/AskScienceDiscussion is the place to ask any question you have about being a scientist, what's new in a field, or what's going to happen in a field. We also:

Discuss reading material or other educational topics
Continue tangential discussions that start on r/AskScience
Help users work through questions they're unsure how to phrase for r/AskScience
Discuss broader questions pertaining to science or scientific fields

##Rules

Posts and comments that are unrelated to science, promoting pseudoscience or are unscientific in nature will be removed.
If you are speculating, please say so.
Sources, especially peer-reviewed, are always helpful and appreciated.
We are happy to discuss controversial topics, but we expect users to maintain some level of scientific integrity. Arguments that run counter to well-established scientific concepts may be removed.
This subreddit is a subsidiary of AskScience and the same rules of civility apply. No troll, bots, spam, or harassment.
No medical advice.

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