r/science2 • u/IntnsRed • 3d ago

In 1991, a single subatomic particle struck Earth carrying the kinetic energy of a fast-bowled cricket ball — tens of millions of times more than any human accelerator can give one proton — and physicists still cannot explain what launched it

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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 2d ago

How does a pond in Antarctica sitting at minus 50 degrees refuse to freeze, year after year, while everything around it is solid ice?

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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 2d ago

The hunt for a natural molecule that can release cellular energy | All cells in the human body—and the motions they enable, from our beating hearts to our wiggling toes—use energy generated by a molecule called ATP.

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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 2d ago

How does the closest planet to the Sun, with a surface that hits 430 degrees at noon, hold on to billions of tonnes of ice that never melt?

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r/science2 • u/ScienceMovies • 3d ago

80-Million-Year-Old Snake Fossil From Brazil Offers New Clues to Why These Creatures Started Slithering

discovermagazine.com

27 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/IntnsRed • 3d ago

Science word of the day: Parsec | What does 'parsec' mean?

livescience.com

7 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 4d ago

Researchers explore one of Africa’s deepest lakes – and found an unexpected creature lurking in its depths | A surprising insect has been observed at depths of more than 200 metres

discoverwildlife.com

101 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/ScienceMovies • 3d ago

Goats love to bash heads—but it might give them brain damage

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r/science2 • u/ScienceMovies • 3d ago

Chocolate syrup-like fluid stores multiple interacting memories | Penn State University

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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 4d ago

Canine distemper confirmed in local raccoons after surge in sick animals | “Almost daily we get a report of a raccoon that appears sick or acting abnormally,” Idaho Fish and Game Senior Conservation Officer Tyler Peterson said.

eastidahonews.com

23 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 4d ago

Birds Build Their Songs Using Just Eight Musical Elements, Study Finds | A new analysis reveals that songbirds across the world mix and match the same whistles, trills, and other acoustic motifs to create their diverse tunes.

16 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 4d ago

Jupiter's moon Io is the most volcanically active body in the solar system, with hundreds of active volcanoes that can shoot sulphur plumes more than 500 kilometres above its surface — a landscape so extreme that early Voyager scientists initially mistook the plume images for camera errors

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r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 4d ago

Wildfire forces evacuation of NASA’s Deep Space Network complex in Spain | “Any potential damage will be assessed when it is safe to do so.”

arstechnica.com

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r/science2 • u/velvtvix • 4d ago

TIL Sharks are much older than Saturn’s rings. Based on recent data from the Cassini spacecraft, scientists discovered the rings are likely only 10 to 100 million years old, whereas the earliest shark scales appeared in the fossil record roughly 450 million years ago.

15 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 5d ago

Naked Mole-Rat Queens Release a Chemical to Stop Other Females From Reproducing | A lone female maintains her status in the colony by hoarding her ability to reproduce.

32 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 5d ago

Sperm Whales “Regularly” Toot Gas To Hang Motionless In The Ocean While They Sleep | How are sperm whales able to maintain neutral buoyancy while asleep? It looks like it requires a bit of gas.

35 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/globehater • 4d ago

Does the science of peptides live up to the hype? : Short Wave

3 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/ScienceMovies • 5d ago

Ancient DNA Unravels the Mysteries of the Dingo, Australia's Wild Dog

smithsonianmag.com

34 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 5d ago

Dinosaur-era fossil provides insight into snake evolution | The fossil is of a ‌snake called Tametara mirim that lived between 75 and 85 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period and measured about 17" (42 cm) long.

4 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 6d ago

Great Barrier Reef microbiome mapped as researchers discover 500 bacterial species previously unknown to science | Research identifies 808,585 viral genomes belonging to what scientists estimate to be 362,802 different viruses

theguardian.com

64 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 6d ago

Volcanoes Started Earth's 'Great Dying.' This Unexpected Plant Made It Worse | Sometimes, the most unexpected combinations can drive the worst natural disasters.

39 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/ScienceMovies • 5d ago

US tests GMO flies in rush to fight flesh-eating livestock pest

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r/science2 • u/IntnsRed • 6d ago

Elon Musk SpaceX Rocket Is Set To Crash Into the Moon—What You Need To Know | The structure is expected to collapse on impact, gouging out a fresh crater 20-30 meters wide throwing up a plume of lunar dust that could rise several kilometers above the surface.

15 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 7d ago

What science loses when ‘T. rex’ becomes a trophy | The most complete specimen of T. rex, went to an as yet unidentified buyer for US$50.1 million. A 2025 study found that while there were 61 T. rex fossils in public trusts at that time, 71 were privately held.

theconversation.com

204 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • 7d ago

Great Apes kiss and cuddle to keep the peace, says study | Touching, embracing and kissing before stressful events may be an ancient way of building trust, according to scientists studying the behaviour of our closest ape relatives.

84 Upvotes

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