scales
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In a new paper in Science, researchers from the University of Chicago describe how, about 66 million years ago, the bodies of the duck-billed dinosaur Edmontosaurus annectens were transformed into remarkably detailed dinosaur "mummies" that preserved tiny features of skin, scales, and hooves.
From Science Daily
The largest polygonal scales appeared along the lower body and tail, while most of the animal was covered in very small, pebble-like scales only 1-4 millimeters across, surprisingly tiny for a dinosaur that could reach more than 40 feet in length.
From Science Daily
Graves said Mr Crittenden would be paid at the very bottom of the national pay scales for the job - currently £181,018 a year - with the opportunity to earn bonuses for good performance.
From BBC
In “Off the Scales,” Ms. Donnellan, a Reuters reporter who covers the pharmaceutical industry, uses stories such as Sarah’s to show how this ascendant class of weight-loss agents is reshaping medicine and culture in complicated, often conflicting ways.
“Off the Scales” delivers a nuanced view of the transformational promise—for better and worse—of these unsettling medical marvels.
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