Stories
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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?
Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.
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Eating their own kind
In his grisly history of cannibalism, zoologist Bill Schutt asks what drives an animal to feast on its own flesh and blood.
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Delusional recycling and the problem with plastic
Many of us are guilty of wishful thinking when it comes to our rubbish. Arianne Shahvisi exposes shaky recycling infrastructure and overseas dumping, arguing for an end to waste colonialism.
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Finding out where my lithium comes from
The origins of the lithium Laura Grace Simpkins swallows daily are unclear. If we don’t know the provenance of our pills, how can we make informed decisions about them?
Catalogue
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Fossil heroes.
Date: 1992- Digital Images
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Fossil Haemangioma, sections through Dinosaur tumour
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Fossil feathers and some heretofore undescribed fossil birds / by R.W. Shufeldt.
Shufeldt, Robert W. (Robert Wilson), 1850-1934.Date: 1913- Books
Fossil evidence : the human evolutionary journey / Frank E. Poirier.
Poirier, Frank E., 1940-Date: 1977- Books
Fossil vertebrates of Africa / edited by L.B.S. Leakey and R.J.G. Savage.
Date: 1969-1976