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r/HotScienceNews

73K members. The best post we have captured here reached 4.2K upvotes, which works out to 58 per 1,000 members.

58peak upvotes per 1,000 members
73Kmembers
4.2Kbest post
601most comments
101posts we track

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What the ceiling looks like

The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.

A researcher who spent decades believing moderate drinking was safe reviewed 107 studies and reversed his position entirely, finding even one daily d…

↑ 4.2K 💬 401 link 2026

Missing scientist found dead 11 months after vanishing with gunshot wound to head as family insists gun was not hers

↑ 3.8K 💬 182 link 2026

Scientists found that people born after 1965 are biologically aging faster than previous generations and it explains why cancer rates in young adults…

↑ 3.7K 💬 337 link 2026

Vaping increases risk of heart failure by almost 20%. Even nicotine-free vapes showed measurable cardiovascular damage in separate research.

↑ 2.4K 💬 153 link 2026

A 30,000-person study found fewer than 1 in 5 people get enough flavanols, heart-protective compounds found in blackberries, plums, and green tea, ev…

↑ 1.9K 💬 83 link 2026

A new study reviewing 7,200 papers found no level of alcohol consumption protects health, with the current "safe" limit of 2 daily drinks linked to a…

↑ 1.8K 💬 154 link 2026

Scientists found that e-cigarettes, marketed for years as the safe exit from smoking, are linked to significantly higher lung cancer risk in people w…

↑ 1.5K 💬 149 link 2026

KFF polling finds 36% of U.S. adults skipped needed care last year due to cost, and shockingly, 37% of those who skipped care already had health insu…

↑ 1.5K 💬 98 link 2026

Seven years of data from Utah's Price River beaver translocation project: water levels at historic highs, fish populations recovered, wildfire risk r…

↑ 1.5K 💬 10 link 2026

A new study found that the well-known link between impulsivity and violent behavior was 62% weaker in current Ozempic and Wegovy users compared to pe…

↑ 1.5K 💬 146 link 2026

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