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A review of the birdcentric novel “Accidentals” (the title of which is in the plural for a reason)

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She lives part-time in Uruguay and is co-director of the Fiction Meets Science program at the University of Bremen, Germany, which seeks to bridge the “two cultures” of science and literature. Yes, that’s right – she adds an epilogue. The novel works, mostly, and who better than Gaines to make it so? Accidentals.

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Flying Dinosaurs: A Review by a Triceratops Fan

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Pickrell, an Australian science writer who grew up in Great Britain and studied for his master’s degree at London’s Natural History Museum, is clearly engaged with his subject. The book begins with the discovery of Archaeopteryx in Germany in 1861. There is a lot of science here to explain. No collarbones! No feathers!

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Collaborative list – September 2018

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The migrants face many perils, hunters, predators, adverse weather conditions and lack of refueling opportunities due to habitat loss. Watch out for Tom during October to see this anomaly put right. Germain’s Swiftlet – Aerodramus germani. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. 29 Sep 2018.

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