Gary McFarlane

Retired biology teacher. Community science educator (SE Alta). U of Alberta early 70's Zoology graduate. #SciChat #STEM #SciEd #Science Also on Bluesky.

[J F @JLynnFraser1]

How #Astronomers & #Art #Historians Are Working Together to Id Inspiration Behind Famous Works of Art - #Researchers study #paintings and #literature to uncover history of the works, sometimes finding themselves trying to discern celestial bodies from dust https://t.co/RjEnpA0ac2

[Gary McFarlane @GaryM]

One day soon, parasitic mites could accidentally arrive in North America. It's a doomsday scenario for pollinators that scientists are racing to avoid. https://t.co/nkR42XKDt8 via @NatGeo #parasitology #entomology #ecology #agriculture #science #SciChat

[Praxis Science Outreach @PraxisMedHat]

The 34th Annual Praxis Science Outreach Family Science Olympics Was A Success!

For more information about the hands-on science challenges and activities see:

https://t.co/IlTaVlfsVf

We hope to see you next year!

#MedHat #STEM #SciChat #FamilyScience #ScienceOutreach #AbSci

[Gary McFarlane @GaryM]

A surprising property of the tiny particles sinking through the ocean could help determine how much carbon is stored in the deep sea. https://t.co/jjRTN5rECV #ClimateScience #Oceanography #ecology #science #SciChat

[Friends of Medicare @FriendsMedicare]

Yesterday Albertans learned that the RCMP are investigating fraud, breach of trust and money laundering in connection with Alberta’s health care procurement. Yet Premier Danielle Smith continues to reject calls for a public inquiry!

Read more: https://t.co/yCvYjQypWl

[Gary McFarlane @GaryM]

Inside a lump of rock slightly smaller than a chicken egg, found in 2008 at Lufeng in China’s Yunnan province, lies a dinosaur egg that took nearly two decades to study. https://t.co/JyseSfRSJZ #palaeontology #dinosaurs #biology #science #SciChat

[Gerry Ward @gwardis]

Switching on healthy silent genes reveals new way to treat Prader-Willi syndrome https://t.co/GRAjCSNnmD #scichat #genomics #gene #protein

[Gary McFarlane @GaryM]

Meet the 'hell chicken,' a feisty little dinosaur who feasted on fruit. Researchers say Infernogallus jamesi may be the 1st-known dinosaur with a primarily fruit-based diet. https://t.co/R5SpYIpHzU #palaeontology #biology #science #SciChat

[Phys.org @physorg_com]

None of 19 Longipteryx fossils show tail feathers, suggesting this 121-million-year-old bird may never have had them. https://t.co/XigPHO9gy4

[Gary McFarlane @GaryM]

Yukon photographer captures footage of caribou carrying dead rival in its antlers. “It was huffing and puffing and making noises and we had to scare it off.” Mather said. https://t.co/4M6dhFyChS #wildlife #SciArt #biology #ecology #science #SciChat

[FACETS Journal @FACETSJournal]

POLICY ALERT: The longer our government waits to reclassify species at risk, the higher the threat - Thompson et al. @SFUENV
Via @Medium: https://t.co/ryQpwfI2Yu
#conservation

[Gary McFarlane @GaryM]

U of Waterloo researchers have developed a gel that could one day help repair damaged tendons & other soft tissues without leaving permanent material behind. https://t.co/vZJo8ZWZ55 via @physorg_com #Science #physics #STEM #CdnSci #SciChat

[MondoAB @MondoABx]

Even the CBC is reporting on the ongoing RCMP criminal investigation “into fraud, breach of trust, and money laundering.”

https://t.co/VqZ7zMia9f

[Gary McFarlane @GaryM]

U of Calgary PhD student Paula Brandt’s research explores how a sticky protein could contribute to blood-clot formation in people with type 2 diabetes. https://t.co/0kconv7YyN #AbSci #UCalgary #medicine #science #STEM #SciChat

[edCircuit - emPowering the education conversation @edCircuit]

AI Literacy Belongs in Every Classroom

How schools can help students understand AI, question its answers, and use it without giving up their own thinking.

https://t.co/Abmbjf0usU

[Gary McFarlane @GaryM]

Meet the real-life Scottish surgeon who inspired Sherlock Holmes: Few people know about the real-life inspiration for Holmes, renowned surgeon at named Joseph Bell. https://t.co/wdYJJvuA8K #history #books #SherlockHolmes #science #SciChat

[J F @JLynnFraser1]

#ArundhatiRoy recounts her mother's love — and cruelty — in new #memoir
Roy says her mother's love sometimes 'came out very destructively' https://t.co/ksl2tszckb

[Gary McFarlane @GaryM]

Can a mushroom make music? Devon exhibition explores ‘cultural world’ of fungi. “Every one of us is carrying a fungal ecology and until now nobody had drawn it.” https://t.co/ulldTiIgY5 #Mycology #ecology #biology #Science #SciChat

[Laurie Adkin @LaurieAdkin]

https://t.co/gYlcDlZNn5
#Alberta @uaclimateaction @CJEdmonton

[Gary McFarlane @GaryM]

These spiders sleep like humans. But do they dream?
Jumping spiders enter a REM-like state, darting their eyes and twitching their legs. What’s happening beyond that remains unclear. https://t.co/AF7c7AYV2E #biology #arachnology #science #SciChat