Ancient mystery: modelling the mechanics of dinosaur motion
How did dinosaurs dash and their cousins the pterosaurs take flight? Physics-based modelling is helping to solve these mysteries of movement, as Matthew R Francis reports in our cover story this month. There’s also a great feature about whether supersolids could be making a comeback, while science writer Brian Clegg explains why anticipating people’s questions is the secret to good science communication.
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