/r/ScienceFacts
All fields of science are fascinating and there is so much to learn. Have a great fact? Become an approved submitter and share it here!
Science Facts are for new breakthroughs, well-worn facts, and discussion about your favorite science topics.
Please feel free to browse science by field.
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| Animal Science | Interdisciplinary |
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| Environment | Space |
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Rules of Science Facts:
Post titles must contain a fact!
Submissions must be verifiable. Please link directly to a reliable source that supports every claim in your post title or if your post is a photo leave a source in the comments. Images alone do not count as valid references. Videos are fine so long as they come from reputable sources as well (e.g. Discovery, Scientific American, BBC, etc).
News articles are fine as long as they are of actual scientific topics and contain verifiable material. No pseudoscience.
No Clickbait Titles. If the news article you are linking sounds like clickbait, then please change it to reflect what the study actually was and not what the news author has molded it into. Clickbait will be removed. No titles with unnecessary Caps, that's click baity.
Please flair your link! If it looks like we don't have an appropriate flair option message the mods.
No misleading claims. Posts that omit essential information, or present unrelated facts in a way that suggest a connection will be removed.
All NSFW links must be tagged.
All posts must be made using Metric units.
Don't be a dick!
No post titles asking for upvotes or approval.
Your source cannot be a blog or non scientific news site (e.g. no Live Science, some kid's website on frogs, your family's website on what you find interesting, etc.).
If you make a scientific claim in the comments you must back it up with a source or the comment will be removed. It's easy to fall into anecdotal comments, but we're trying to keep this sub factual.
Joke responses, comments that add nothing to the post or are not on topic, or obvious trolling will be removed without warning. This is a sub for facts and discussion. Repeat offenders will be banned.
Leave your circle jerking at the door. Any circle jerk or Unidan/Jackdaw nonsense will result in a temporary ban. There are many scientists on Reddit, they are not all Unidan, please be respectful.
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When Snow Leopards sleep they often use their tails to cover their faces for extra warmth!
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Zombie ant fungus (Ophiocordyceps unilateralis) compels ants to leave their nest for a more humid microclimate that’s favorable to the fungus’s growth. The ant clamps onto the underside of a leaf, dies, then the fungus uses the nutrients gained from the ant to create a fruiting body to spread spores
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Lost in the sauce! The yellow-banded bumble bee (Bombus terricola), like other bumblebees, is capable of "buzz pollination," which is vital to many plants, including potatoes. Pollen is held firmly by the anthers on the flower and must be shook loose by the buzz.
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Fringe-lipped bats (Trachops cirrhosus) are very smart and hunt frogs by listening to the chunking sounds male frogs make. They are also easily trained to respond to novel stimuli, such as a ringtone or rock music, and can remember the sounds for years.
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Pallid bats were long considered to be gleaning insectivores which specialized in eating venomous arthropods like scorpions and centipedes. Newer research has found that they are also pollinators. Hundreds of plant species are pollinated by bats.
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Pavement ants (Tetramorium spp.) form large colonies, containing over 10,000 workers. They will fight unrelated colonies for territory and resources. The losing colony will be raided for eggs, and the ants that hatch from the spoils will become workers for the new colony.
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