r/askscience

This is a place to ask specific, closed-ended, non divisive questions.

This community is a place to share and discuss new scientific research. Read about the latest advances in astronomy, biology, medicine, physics, social science, and more. Find and submit new publications and popular science coverage of current research.

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.

Share & discuss informative content on: * Astrophysics * Cosmology * Space Exploration * Planetary Science * Astrobiology

For your astronomy-related questions and content!

Reference questions answered here. Get the answers you are looking for! Please make sure to look over the community rules before posting.

This subreddit is for discussing academic life, and for asking questions directed towards people involved in academia, (both science and humanities).

The Portal for Public History. Please read the rules before participating, as we remove all comments which break the rules. Answers must be in-depth and comprehensive, or they will be removed.

This subreddit is for questions of a mathematical nature. Please read the subreddit rules below before posting.

**It's like Ask Science, but all questions and answers are written with answers gleaned from the universe itself.** Use in-universe knowledge, rules, and common sense to answer the questions. Or as **fanlore.org** calls it [Watsonian, not a Doylist point of view](http://fanlore.org/wiki/Watsonian_vs._Doylist)

If you have questions or if you want to clarify on something that confuses you about any topic of biology, we are here to help. This sub is a friendly space for biology-related discussions. Please familiarise yourself with the rules before posting.