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Red foxes and Arctic foxes dive headfirst into snow at up to 4 metres per second to catch small rodents, and the shape of their snouts reduces the impact force newscientist.com/article/242888… #biology #zoology #science #SciChat
30 Fascinating Facts About Trees for Kids - There are so many cool facts about trees that many kids (and adults!) don’t know. weareteachers.com/facts-about-tr… #SciEd #STEM #KidScience #SciChat
‘Unlike anything today’: Gippsland fossil unlocks secrets of kangaroo that died out 46,000 years ago: “Their abrupt extinction ..... is a profound reminder to defend our modern environments against loss.” theguardian.com/science/2024/a… #Palaeontology #biology #environment #SciChat
T. rex not as smart as previously claimed, U of Alberta scientists find - So, T. rex was probably only about as smart as a crocodile, not a baboon, the team concludes. phys.org/news/2024-04-r… via @physorg_com #AbSci #Palaeontology #SciChat #UAlberta
T. rex: about as smart as your average crocodile (Folio) New research refutes earlier claim the massive dinosaurs were as smart as primates, even capable of using tools. ualberta.ca/folio/2024/04/… #AbSci #Palaeontology #SciChat #UAlberta
How Cancer Research Is Revolutionizing Lyme Disease Treatment scitechdaily.com/how-cancer-res… #scichat #Lyme #neuroscience #cancer
New U of A research questions T. Rex intelligence, culture-building. "They were very bold claims that needed a second look," said Cristian Gutierrez, a University of Alberta neuroscientist. cbc.ca/news/canada/ed… #evolution #AbSci #Palaeontology #SciChat #UAlberta
“Spiders are surprisingly adaptable, which is one of the reasons they can inhabit this environment.”knowablemagazine.org/content/articl… Knowable Magazine #Arachnology #biology #science #SciChat
The Genetic Blueprint of Flight: New Research Reveals How Mammals Evolved To Glide - Encouraging news for pigs hoping to reach for the skies. scitechdaily.com/the-genetic-bl… #evolution #biology #genomics #SciChat
Dark Energy May Be Weakening, Major Astrophysics Study Finds quantamagazine.org/dark-energy-ma… via @QuantaMagazine #Astrophysics #physics #science #SciChat
On 28 Apr 1753, Franz Karl Achard was born, the German chemist and experimental physicist who invented a process for the large-scale extraction of table sugar from beets. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kar… #history #science #STEM #SciChat
Are There Bugs in My Peanut Butter? You May Not Like the Answer - But a little filth won’t kill you. a-z-animals.com/blog/are-there… #AzAnimals #insects #STEM #SciChat
ICYMI: The latest Praxis 'Science Smarts' column in the Medicine Hat News (April 27): "Taking Our Science Outdoors" praxissciencesmarts.wordpress.com/2024/04/27/pra… "Magnificent" outdoor science! #MedHat #STEM #SciChat #KidScience #FamilyScience #ScienceOutreach
📢 What are your thoughts on using blockchain for funding scientific research? Could decentralized models be the key to solving global health challenges? Let's discuss below! ⬇️ #SciChat #Biotechnology
A major cause of ozone loss is believed to be the amount of smoke from unprecedented wildfires, which were fuelled by climate change. bbc.com/news/science-e… #environment #ecology #ClimateScience #SciChat