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Brazil Reclaims a Dinosaur: Irritator challengeri and the Restitution of Trafficked Fossils
The fossil of Irritator challengeri is finally going back to Brazil, and there are good legal and ethical reasons for it—but the wording of the announcement leaves much to be desired.
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Why nobody talks about restitution in natural history museums
Why natural history museums escape restitution debates although fossils legally are cultural property, and how we got to this false divide between natural and cultural heritage.
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The definitive guide to academic writing with Obsidian and Pandoc
Write your manuscripts where you have all your notes, generate fully referenced papers from them and leave Microsoft Word for good.
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When French palaeoanthropology suffered from parachute science
A palaeonathropology treatise from 1921 shows that European palaeontologists have long recognised that parachute science is wrong—when it affects them.
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The 1970 UNESCO Convention applies to individual fossils
There is no legal grey area, and they don't have to belong to a collection.
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A live preview mode for editing citation styles
Here's how to edit a citation style (CSL) with a live preview using pandoc and VS Code.
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Fossil repatriation is back on the agenda (#IrritatorBelongstoBR)
There's a new social media campaign for the return of Irritator challengeri - and it's high time German institutions listened.
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Was Xenodens calminechari described from a fake fossil?
The holotype specimen for this new mosasaur might have been forged - and there are legal doubts about its provenance.
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Keeping Obsidian and MS Word in Sync with Pandoc
Annoyed by having to manually convert your .md file over and over again? Here's an easy fix!
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Using Citation Keys for Personal Knowledge Management
Citation keys can level up reference organisation and academic writing in your Second Brain
