/r/askscience/

r/askscience

26.3M members
r/askscience is a subreddit with 26.3M members. The community frequently discusses looking for a, looking for, muscle, health, and science, and they frequently recommend/review neuroscience books, and the most common flair used is physics, biology, earth sciences, medicine, and psychology.
Ask a science question, get a science answer.

Popular Topics in r/askscience

#1

Looking For A

29 posts
#2

Looking For

24 posts
#3

Muscle

13 posts
#4

Health

8 posts
#5

Science

7 posts
#6

Annoyance

6 posts
#7

Sound

5 posts
#8

Power

5 posts
#9

Testosterone

5 posts
#10

Tiredness

4 posts

Products Discussed in r/askscience

#1
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#2
Steven Pinker
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#3
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Flair Used in r/askscience

#1
Physics
: "What existed before the Big Bang?"
5 posts
#2
Biology
: "If you already have a virus, how can you get sick with a second virus at the exact same time? Do they compete or cooperate?"
3 posts
#3
Earth Sciences
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1 post
#4
Medicine
: "please tell me, is it possible to use a human ELISA kit to determine the concentration of hormones testosterone, estradiol, adiponectin, FSH, NT-proBNP, Endothelin-1 (1-21) for rat serum? If not, why not?"
1 post
#5
Psychology
: "If you could solve only ONE unsolved scientific mystery, which one would you choose and why"
1 post
#6
Astronomy
: "If black dwarves can/do exist, where are they?"
1 post

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+137k members(0.5%)

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Last updated: July 24, 2026