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How this year’s super El Niño is different:
This year’s El Niño weather event is forecast to reach unprecedented strength. nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com
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Evolution Might Not Be as Random as We Thought, New Study Finds: Organisms sometimes face multiple evolutionary trajectories that all yield the same level of fitness. sciencealert.com/evolution-mi... #biology #science #evolution #SciChat

Bears, caribou & other animals are messing with this researcher's equipment, and he's got photos to prove it
Lucas Brehaut is studying how forests in Atlantic Canada regrow after forest fires. www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks... #ecology #environment #CdnSci #science #SciChat

Research shows how AI, combined with advanced experimental science, can help find "hidden" & unexplored proteins in the human body & reveal what they actually do phys.org/news/2026-09... via @sciencex.bsky.social #AI #biology #science #SciChat

When fruit disappears, bearded capuchins switch from foraging to hunting, targeting everything from lizards and rodents to snakes, iguanas, and young birds. scitechdaily.com/monkeys-hunt... #primatology #palaeontology #biology #science #SciChat

Wildfires, permafrost thaw in Canada causing even more climate change, new study shows. New research says current climate models don’t account for warming-induced emissions. cbc.ca/news/science... #ClimateScience #environment #ecology #science #SciChat

Exceeding 1.5 C of global warming is a giant warning flag telling us not to give up, but to redouble our efforts to slam on the brakes. theconversation.com/yes-passing-... #ClimateScience #environment #ecology #science #SciChat

AI may have just solved a million-dollar math problem. The field will never be the same. “This is a Deep Blue–Kasparov moment.” www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-m... #AT #MathChat #science #SciChat

Tasmanian devils are among Australia’s most distinctive mammals. Stocky, powerful & famously noisy, wild populations are now restricted to Tasmania. theconversation.com/new-fossils-... via @uk.theconversation.com #archaeology #ecology #science #palaeontology #SciChat

Canada’s last ‘epishelf’ lake drained in months, forever destroying a unique Arctic ecosystem. New research reveals how a delicate freshwater ecosystem washed away into the sea. ualberta.ca/en/folio/202... #ecology #environment #CdnSci #AbSci #ClimateScience #science #SciChat

An international team of scientists, led by palaeontologist Andrea Baucon from the U of Cagliari, Italy, have partly solved the mystery of a strange natural pattern called Paleodictyon found around the world. discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts... #palaeontology #biology #science #SciChat

The latest Praxis 'Science Smarts' column in the Medicine Hat News (September 12):

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Become "totally smitten" with apple science!

Canada's last epishelf lake drained into the Arctic Ocean following the 2020 breakup of the Milne Ice Shelf and will not recover, a new study confirms. phys.org/news/2026-09... via @sciencex.bsky.social #ecology #CdnSci #AbSci #ClimateScience #science #SciChat

Captive-reared crocodiles adapted well after release, but a translocated wild crocodile showed strong homing instincts, offering new insights for conservation planning. scitechdaily.com/captive-croc... #conservation #ecology #wildlife #science #SciChat

Did the sun swallow a planet early in its history? Scientists think our sun might have consumed a super-Earth-sized planet billions of years ago. earthsky.org/space/did-th... #astronomy #astrophysics #STEM #science #SciChat

Who were the Denisovans? Rich trove of fossils and tools paints a new picture. Objects found in a cave suggest that these enigmatic ancient humans were accomplished hunters. www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com #genomics #science #SciChat

Scientists have uncovered multiple evolutionary routes to an unusual form of photosynthesis that helps plants conserve water. scitechdaily.com/a-strange-ph... #agriculture #ClimateScience #Botany #science #SciChat

Scientists found a 3 metre long dinosaur living alongside an 8 metre giant on the same ancient coast in Japan. dailygalaxy.com/2026/09/japa... #palaeontology #science #biology #SciChat

Canada's last epishelf lake drained into the Arctic Ocean following the 2020 breakup of the Milne Ice Shelf and will not recover, a new study confirms. phys.org/news/2026-09... via @sciencex.bsky.social
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