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A bizarre new flying dinosaur, with bat-like wings and feathers

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageArtist’s impression of the new dinosaur _Yi qi_.Dinostar Co. Ltd

When it comes to big fossil finds, China is full of surprises. The latest dinosaur discovery, announced today in Nature, is a bizarre chicken-sized animal with a delightfully short scientific name, Yi qi, Mandarin for “strange wing” (pronounced “yee...

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Can academics ever really retire?

  • Written by: The Conversation

When your local butcher or grocer retires, it’s perfectly clear what this means. They are no longer there in the shop when you next go in. Someone else has taken over, or the shop has changed to another business. If you see them in the street it would be bizarre to ask them about what’s good value this week. Their retirement is...

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