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Pliosaur discovery: Huge sea monster emerges from Dorset cliffs

Scientists marvel at the fossilised head of an underwater 'killing machine' from the Jurassic.

From the BBC News-2023-12-10:8:5:1

Tyrannosaur's last meal was two baby dinosaurs

Remains of baby dinosaurs inside another dinosaur reveal what a young predator ate 75m years ago.

From the BBC News-2023-12-9:8:5:1

Young tyrannosaur found with baby dinosaurs in its stomach

Scientists have made a rare and extraordinary fossil find in Alberta: a young tyrannosaur, with remains of baby dinosaurs in its stomach.

From the CBC News-2023-12-8:14:6:1

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Evolution and the Machinery of Chance Philosophy, Probability, and Scientific Practice in Biology, by Marshall Abrams, from Chicago University Press. (Dec 2).

Radical by Nature: The Revolutionary Life of Alfred Russel Wallace, by James T. Costa, from Princeton University Press. (Nov 25).

The Phycological Society of America is soliciting nominations for outstanding phycologists who have had a major impact on the field of phycology through a sustained scholarly record. The Award is a career achievement award honoring a living phycologist. (Nov 20).

Royal Society Publ has publ a special issue on the Antropocene synthesis ed by Peter Jorgensen, Timothy Waring and Vanessa Weinberger, and can be accessed at www.bit.ly/PTB1893. (Nov 14).

The Man Who Organized Nature: The Life of Linnaeus, by Gunnar Broberg, translated by Anna Paterson, from Princeton University Press. (Nov 11).

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Dec 9 08:00DNA polymerase diversity reveals multiple incursions of Polintons during nematode evolution - (MBE)
Dec 9 08:00A fast, reproducible, high-throughput variant calling workflow for population genomics - (MBE)
Dec 9 08:00Mapping and functional dissection of the rumpless trait in Piao chicken identifies a causal loss of function mutation in the novel gene Rum - (MBE)
Dec 9 08:00Phylloxera and aphids show distinct features of genome evolution despite similar reproductive modes - (MBE)
Dec 8 08:00Functional prokaryotic-like dCTP deaminases and thymidylate synthase in eukaryotic social amoebae: vertical, endosymbiotic or horizontal gene transfer? - (MBE)

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