Is Reddit suffering from brain drain?

Want to read Reddit but don’t have the time? Our daily Reddit Digest highlights the most interesting or important discussions from around the social news site—every morning.

• The world’s worst-kept secrets. (r/AskReddit)

• “Windy, isolated, sunny all the time. Beautiful and majestic.” A team of scientists spending Christmas on the South Pole answers your questions. (r/IAmA)

• How the ancients coped with high rates of infant mortality. (r/AskHistorians)

• A great discussion at r/TheoryOfReddit: Is Reddit suffering from brain drain? Or is it “climate change?” (r/TheoryOfReddit) (h/t RedditMcRedditor)

• Laptop holders in bathroom stalls, plus other fascinating true stories of life as an Intel chip architect. (r/IAmA)

• What it feels like to be shot. (r/askredddit)

• Was the Seven Years’ War the first true World War? (r/AskHistorians)

• “How does your brain determine whether a sound is loud enough to wake you up?” (r/askscience)

Pic of the day: Frozen flower buds. (r/pics)
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