# About the Science category

**URL:** <https://www.rubin.community/t/about-the-science-category/792>\
**Category:** Science\
**Created:** [May 20, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/about-the-science-category/792 "2016-05-20T22:55:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![jsick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/www.rubin.community/jsick/32/672_2.png) [@jsick](https://www.rubin.community/u/jsick)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://www.rubin.community/t/about-the-science-category/792/1 "2016-05-20T22:55:24Z")

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Public discussions about LSST science.

If you’re a member of an LSST Science Collaboration, you can also post in the [Science Collaborations](http://www.rubin.community/c/sci-collabs) category (visible only to members of science collaborations), or in your science collaboration’s own private category.

### New to [community.lsst.org](https://community.lsst.org)?

We’ve put together a series of help documents to get you started. Browse the ‘[forum-howto](https://community.lsst.org/tags/forum-howto)’ tag. Useful topics include:

- [How to format posts, including math and code](https://community.lsst.org/t/how-to-format-posts-including-math-and-code/38?u=jsick)
- [Tips for effective conversation on the forum: replies, quotes, and replying as a new topic](http://www.rubin.community/t/tips-for-effective-conversation-on-the-forum-replies-quotes-and-replying-as-a-new-topic/1273/1)
- [How do I login using GitHub authentication instead of a password?](https://community.lsst.org/t/how-do-i-login-using-github-authentication-instead-of-a-password/31/2?u=jsick)
- [How to subscribe to emails of all new posts in Categories or Tags](https://community.lsst.org/t/how-to-subscribe-to-emails-of-all-new-posts-in-categories-or-tags/37?u=jsick)
- [How to subscribe via RSS](https://community.lsst.org/t/how-to-subscribe-via-rss/41?u=jsick)
- [How to use tags for forum topics](https://community.lsst.org/t/how-to-use-tags-for-forum-topics/43?u=jsick)

Feel free to ask a question in the [Meta](https://www.rubin.community/c/meta) category if you still need help.