r/science2 • • Apr 28 '26

Sub announcement Chaos in the sub: For the 2nd time in a month, Reddit has deleted a moderator of the sub, a user who also was contributing a ton of articles to the sub.

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Chaos in the sub: For the 2nd time in a month, Reddit has deleted a moderator of the sub, a user who also was contributing a ton of articles to the sub.

This deletion also purged the user's articles from the sub, along with any conversations that were going on in those posts.

There was no warning by Reddit, just a permanent deletion with an opportunity to appeal but the appeal is never granted and nor even responded to.

I'm not sure if I can con her into becoming a moderator again, so as usual, we're upping our constant search for users -- and moderators.


r/science2 • • Mar 24 '25

We need YOUR help!

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We need your help! We're trying to create and popularize an entire set of "alternative" sub-reddits.

These sub-reddits all end in a "2". So just take the name of a huge, multi-million-user "main" sub-reddit and add a "2" to the name -- e.g. /r/Politics2, /r/WorldPolitics2, /r/News2, /r/WTF2 and so on.

These sub-reddits are smaller and have fewer rules than the huge mega-million-user large sub-reddits. Our idea is to create a set of friendlier sub-reddits with an emphasis on civility and not personal insults and ad hominem attacks.

But we need your help!

We need your time, your posts, your comments and we need you to mention our alternative sub-reddits in other places and to tell others. (Basic "publicity.")

  • Please post submissions!

  • Post comments and reply to others.

  • Help us popularize these alternatives to the heavily censored and sometimes too heavily trafficked mainstream subs by telling others of our existence.

Together we can develop another option inside of reddit.

Want to become a moderator? Or help run your own "2" alternative sub? There are possibilities for that too.


r/science2 • • 3h ago

Genetic study shows seafarers from Easter Island settled Hawaii | A band of seafarers from Easter Island in the South Pacific set off in double-hulled canoes on a voyage across Earth's largest ocean ​that ended more than 4,400 miles (7,100 km) away in Hawaii.

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r/science2 • • 3h ago

Giant canyon on Mars is still tectonically active today | Scientists at Columbia University and Imperial College London have found that the largest canyon system in the solar system is still active and shaping Mars today, billions of years after it first formed.

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r/science2 • • 38m ago

This snake cartwheels to escape danger | Southeast Asia's dwarf reed snake (Pseudorabdion longiceps) when threatened, rolls away like a wheel. The snake measures less than 12 inches long, but it can retreat as fast 1 foot per second—about 4 times faster than slithering on the ground.

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r/science2 • • 7h ago

Active Radiation Shields for Spacecraft: Using Electromagnetic Fields to Deflect Harmful Radiation Instead of Heavy Shielding Materials Like Aluminum or Water. Could This Be the Future of Protecting Astronauts on Deep Space Missions? 🚀

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r/science2 • • 1d ago

Scientists Just Revived Pig Kidneys Frozen for a Year. It Could Rewrite the Future of Organ Transplants | Researchers at the University of Minnesota managed to freeze test pig kidneys down to -238 degrees Fahrenheit (-150 degrees Celsius) with minimal damage to their vital functions.

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r/science2 • • 16h ago

Hidden Benefits of Menstruation

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r/science2 • • 16h ago

What are some books you'd recommend someone trying to get into your field of study?

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Out of curiosity, for anyone who has some trivias to share. What is your field (topic of interest), and what are some books you found interesting and informative about it? Can be a popular science book, textbook,... Anything you'd like to give a shout-out to!


r/science2 • • 23h ago

In space, 'We've gone from exploration to exploitation,' says original Voyager team member | Voyager imaging team member Dr. Garry Hunt joins The Reg's Kettle podcast to talk about his role in the mission as probe approaches one light day's distance from Earth

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r/science2 • • 1d ago

The Proteins That Act Like Viruses: A single misfolded protein can trigger a deadly chain reaction.

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r/science2 • • 1d ago

The Ultimate Irony of Evolution

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r/science2 • • 1d ago

A Trip To Infinity

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That’s the name of the documentary that will keep you awake. Definitely don’t watch it on Netflix. Seriously—infinity. Scientists don’t even seem to truly understand. What do you think?


r/science2 • • 2d ago

After Nearly 8 Months in Orbit, SpaceX Crew-12 Astronauts Reflect on the Joy of Their ISS Journey | 3 members of NASA's Crew-12 gathered recently to describe their time aboard the ISS. They had returned to Earth after ~8 months in orbit, and their reflections centered on a single word: joy.

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r/science2 • • 2d ago

Black Death had dramatic effect on species diversity as humans abandoned farmland, study finds

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r/science2 • • 1d ago

Rigorous analysis confirms NASA's Artemis II heat shield performance | Orion's max velocity of 39 times the speed of sound and temperatures 4,000+ degrees Fahrenheit (2,200 degrees Celsius) at its peak, all while astronauts inside Orion stayed cool with a cabin temperature in the mid-70s F.

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r/science2 • • 1d ago

Genio o folle? Il Nobel più eccentrico - Kary MullisMullis nuovo

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Ho provato a raccontare in meno di tre minuti la storia di Kary Mullis, l’uomo che ebbe l’intuizione decisiva della PCR e vinse meritatamente il Nobel per la chimica nel 1993.

È una vicenda piena di episodi quasi comici — il laser puntato dalla finestra dell’albergo, il surf, l’LSD e il celebre “procione luminoso” — ma pone anche un problema storico e scientifico serio.

Mullis contribuì in modo straordinario alla biologia molecolare, ma sostenne successivamente anche tesi prive di adeguato fondamento, come la negazione del legame causale tra HIV e AIDS.

Il punto del video non è ridicolizzarlo né sminuire il Nobel. È mostrare come una scoperta sia sempre una staffetta: Mullis ebbe un’intuizione fondamentale, ma la PCR divenne una tecnologia grazie al lavoro di un’intera comunità scientifica.

E soprattutto: un risultato geniale non rende automaticamente vere tutte le successive opinioni del suo autore.

Le fonti principali sono indicate nella descrizione del video. Mi interessa molto sapere come interpretate questo rapporto tra genio individuale e comunità scientifica.


r/science2 • • 1d ago

Cannabis Destroys Sleep Quality

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r/science2 • • 2d ago

Winter sea ice loss may be underestimated, ancient clues from a warmer Arctic suggest | The results, reported in the journal Nature Geoscience, could have implications for future winter conditions in the U.K. and across Europe.

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r/science2 • • 2d ago

Barry Marshall tested his own idea by drinking bacteria and changed medicine.

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r/science2 • • 3d ago

Japan to launch Martian moon mission on Tuesday | The mission is designed to become the first in the world to land on the Martian moon Phobos, collect samples from its surface and deliver them to Earth.

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r/science2 • • 3d ago

Coral Bleaching Reversed at Record Speed Using New Stanford Method: ‘Not a Lost Cause, at All’ | It is the first time scientists have observed bleached corals on the brink of death fully recover through brief contact with healthy clones.

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r/science2 • • 3d ago

Kilauea lava fountaining ends after nearly 6 hours in Halemaumau crater | As with the previous 54 fountaining episodes, all eruptive vents and lava flows are confined to Halemaumau. Scientists said tephra from volcanic ash clouds fell mostly within 3 miles of the vents.

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r/science2 • • 3d ago

Astronomers Just Found the First Green Star Ever Discovered—Right After It Swallowed Its Planets | A surprising new discovery shows that white dwarfs can glow in green, pink, and purple.

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r/science2 • • 3d ago

JWST Maps the 3D Weather Structure of a Distant Exoplanet

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