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A new analysis of non-avian dinosaur diversity shows they were not in decline and were still capable of generating new species at the time of their extinction by the Chicxulub asteroid hit 66 million years ago (Cretaceous period). Bonsor et al. refute claim that non-avian dinosaurs were in decline before …

Image caption Although never a close ally of Margaret Thatcher, he held key positions in her government Former Conservative cabinet minister Lord Prior has died at the age of 89. He served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland during the height of the Troubles in the early 1980s. Before …