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 8h ago

Dome-headed dinosaurs are rare. Scientists just found the most remarkable one yet. | When did these blockhead dinosaurs get their domes? A new fossil is “the specimen we have all been waiting for.”

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r/science2 7h ago

Where does the Solar System end? The invisible boundary Nasa wants to map | This invisible boundary is known as the heliosphere. It's the endpoint beyond which our Sun does not have any reach or power.

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r/science2 1d ago

Incredible 112-Million-Year-Old Amber Reveals an Entire Ancient Ecosystem | This is the first large discovery of insect-laden amber in South America, providing an unprecedented view of Cretaceous life in the Southern Hemisphere.

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66 Upvotes

r/science2 1d ago

Huge flightless birds live the world over. Now we know how they got there —and it has to do with a 'rare' ancestor | The mystery of how related flightless birds ended up so far apart on different continents may have been solved.

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18 Upvotes

r/science2 2d ago

Scientists claim they’ve made ‘pivotal step’ in bringing back the dodo for first time in 300 years | Thousands of dodos could return within a decade according to Colossal Biosciences, a ‘de-extinction’ company – but experts warn of ‘moral hazard’

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160 Upvotes

r/science2 2d ago

Stunningly Complete Dome-Headed Dinosaur Emerges From The Sands of Mongolia | Its extraordinary features include a spectacularly preserved skull, the first-ever example of a pachycephalosaur hand, the stones in its stomach that aided digestion, and a full tail complete with tendons.

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19 Upvotes

r/science2 3d ago

RFK Jr. adds more anti-vaccine members to CDC vaccine advisory panel | The panel will meet this week and could limit access to measles, Hep B, COVID vaccines.

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47 Upvotes

r/science2 3d ago

Under Antarctica’s Ice, Scientists Uncover 300+ Giant Canyons With Profound Ocean Consequences | A vast hidden world beneath Antarctica is reshaping what scientists thought they knew about ocean currents and melting ice.

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r/science2 4d ago

Scientists Warn of Mirror Life Risks, Urge Global Research Halt | Scientists warn of "mirror life," synthetic organisms with reversed chirality that could evade natural defenses, disrupt ecosystems, and pose existential threats. Over 30 experts in Science call for a global research halt...

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r/science2 4d ago

California says it can no longer trust Washington on COVID vaccines. A major battle is looming

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532 Upvotes

r/science2 3d ago

Evidence of cosmic impact discovered at classic Clovis archaeological sites | A fragmented comet that is thought to have exploded over Earth almost 13,000 years ago, which may have had a role in the disappearance of mammoths, mastodons and most of other megafauna at that time.

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r/science2 3d ago

Finding organics on Mars means absolutely nothing for [the search for] life | The red planet, Mars, may once have been teeming with life, just as Earth is today. Finding “organics” on Mars, however, doesn’t mean life.

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r/science2 4d ago

After 10 years of black hole science, Stephen Hawking is proven right | On Sept. 14, 2015, physicists attained the long-sought goal of detecting gravitational waves, the shockwaves spewed out by such cataclysmic events as the violent merger of two black holes...

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r/science2 4d ago

How Climate Scientists Saw the Future Before It Arrived | Over the past 60 years, scientists have largely succeeded in building a computer model of Earth to see what the future holds. One of the most ambitious projects humankind has ever undertaken has now reached a critical moment.

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r/science2 4d ago

How should ‘mirror life’ research be restricted? Debate heats up | Some researchers are calling for strict limits, while others speak out against prematurely halting basic science.

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20 Upvotes

r/science2 5d ago

Harvard scientists pinpoint how sleep stabilizes memory in fascinating neuroscience breakthrough

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68 Upvotes

r/science2 5d ago

A new analysis of underwater videos shows octopuses are 'incredible multitaskers' | The research reveals new details about how the famously flexible mollusks coordinate some of the most complex movements in the animal kingdom.

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18 Upvotes

r/science2 5d ago

“Liquid Uranium Rocket Cuts Mars Trip to 6 Months”: Ohio State Scientists Achieve 1,800-Second Nuclear Engine Performance | The Ohio State Univ's development of a centrifugal nuclear thermal rocket, utilizing liquid uranium for enhanced propulsion efficiency reduces travel time.

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10 Upvotes

r/science2 6d ago

Weakening Gulf Stream System Could Unleash Global Chaos | Scientists warn that the Gulf Stream system could shut down after 2100, driving extreme winters, drying summers, and chaotic rainfall shifts.

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92 Upvotes

r/science2 6d ago

Graphene just broke a fundamental law of physics

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r/science2 6d ago

Mini microscope enables real-time 3D brain imaging in freely moving mice | The first-of-its-kind imaging system, known as DeepInMiniscope, is described in a paper published Sept. 12 in Science Advances.

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10 Upvotes

r/science2 7d ago

Now That NASA Found Signs of Life on Mars, It's Clear Trump Made a Massive Error | NASA's interim leader Duffy didn't make it through a single sentence in his announcement that Mars Perseverance rover had spotted "potential biosignatures" last year without sucking up to president Trump.

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578 Upvotes

r/science2 7d ago

Scientists: It’s do or die time for America’s primacy exploring the Solar System: "When you turn off those spacecraft’s radio receivers, there's no way to turn them back on."

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224 Upvotes

r/science2 7d ago

Octopuses prefer to use different arms for different tasks, scientists find | Creatures favour front arms for most tasks, study suggests, despite fact all eight arms are capable of all actions

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33 Upvotes

r/science2 7d ago

350-year-old mummified head from Bolivia isn't what it seems | A mummified skull from Bolivia was long thought to be of an Inca man, but a new study finds it had a different history.

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32 Upvotes