The goal of the partnership is to bring Nature editors and journalists into open discussions about articles debated on the subreddit in order to “bridge the gap between the people who do or report ...

Spend any time on Reddit and you’ll notice that mature, intellectual discussions frequently and rapidly give way to shouting matches. But among the website’s 50 or so default subreddits—that is, the ...

In addition to my career as a PhD chemist, I am one of a select few who enjoy the privilege of moderating content on reddit.com’s science forum. The science forum is a small part of reddit, but it ...

Comment sections and message boards epitomize the Internet at large: they can be chaotic, free-wheeling, and, sometimes, forums for meaningful exchange. One website is perhaps more dedicated than any ...

Reddit, the popular website where users post articles and comments on topics ranging from music to science, has created a stir this week thanks to an opinion piece one of its moderators wrote about ...

Liz Crocker is a 33-year-old graduate student and the mother of a one-year-old. Her days are spent writing a dissertation, teaching a course to PhD students at Boston University, looking after her ...

A new interview series on the social news site this year allows scientists to answer questions whose responses are read by millions of readers Up until a few months ago Kathleen Mandt had never spent ...