What’s New at 5 Natural History and Science Museums in Italy italymagazine.com/featured-story… #scichat #museums #NaturalHistory #Italy

The rapid expansion of the invasive lionfish in the Mediterranean Sea, revealing its impact on local biodiversity and the crucial role of citizen science in tracking its spread scitechdaily.com/predator-in-pa… #scichat #biodiversity #invasivespecies

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How Cancer Research Is Revolutionizing Lyme Disease Treatment scitechdaily.com/how-cancer-res… #scichat #Lyme #neuroscience #cancer

Climate change threatens Africa’s rhinos - Extreme heat, poaching, and habitat loss are pushing the animals closer to extinction. yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/05/climat… #environment #ClimateChange #ecology #SciChat

Climate change may be largest threat to caribou herds, study says - 'Perhaps we prioritize the northern populations and give caribou a safe haven in the north.' cbc.ca/news/canada/ed… #environment #ClimateScience #ecology #AbSci #SciChat

Epic blazes threaten Arctic permafrost. Can fire-fighters save it? Some scientists argue that it’s time to rethink the blanket policy of letting blazes burn themselves out in wildernesses. nature.com/articles/d4158… via nature #environment #ecology #ClimateScience #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

Startling behavior among some of the world’s deadliest bacteria — they’re attracted to human blood, a phenomenon they’re terming “bacterial vampirism” foodsafetynews.com/2024/04/wsu-re… #scichat #FoodSafety #microbiology

“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

More than 50 years after it was shot, Earthrise continues to be seen as one of the most iconic environmental photographs ever taken bbc.com/future/article… #scichat #space #environment #history

Medicine Hat prepares for what could be its driest summer since 2001 - Grass fires an issue chatnewstoday.ca/2024/04/23/med… via CHAT News Today #MedHat #environment #SciChat

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

Teach philosophy of science - Resetting the public’s understanding of how science works will be a big job, but a good place to start is with students who get science degrees. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… #SciComm #STEM #SciEd #SciChat

Evolution vs. Engineering: Why Can’t Robots Outrun Animals? - “As engineering learns integration principles from biology, running robots will become as efficient, agile, and robust as their biological counterparts.” scitechdaily.com/evolution-vs-e… #robotics #STEM #CdnSci #SciChat

Plastic pollution treaty would be 'failure' without tackling emissions - Plastic production is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than flying. newscientist.com/article/242871… #environment #ecology #PlasticPollution #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

‘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

Because it is #DNADay , you may wish to try this experiment that may be found on our 'Science Smarts' blog at

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