2016

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The novel “Sting of the Zygons” by Stephen Cole was published for the first time in 2007.

The Tenth Doctor takes Martha Jones in the English Lake District region in 1909. There they discover that people are hunting the “Beast of Westmorland” that has even attracted the interest of King Edward VII, whose arrival is expected in the area. The Beast was sighted but the Doctor realizes that it’s a Skarasen and its presence means that in the area there are Zygons as well.

The Doctor knows the grave danger linked to the Zygons, who can take the shape of the humans they take prisoner. He needs to find out as soon as possible the aliens’ plans but who can he trust when anybody could be one of them?

Outline of Dracoraptor haniganis skeleton with the bones found in green (Image David M. Martill, Steven U. Vidovic, Cindy Howells, John R. Nudds)

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An article published in the journal “PLOS ONE” describes the analysis of the partial skeleton of a new species of dinosaur found on a beach near Cardiff, Wales. The fossils date back about 200 million years ago, at the beginning of the Jurassic period. This makes them even more interesting because just a few dinosaur fossils from that period were found so far. According to Dr. David Martill from the University of Portsmouth and his colleagues, the dinosaur found belongs to a genus previously unknown and was named Dracoraptor hanigani.

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Steven Moffat will hand over the TV show “Doctor Who” to Chris Chibnall, the creator of the acclaimed show “Broadchurch”. Chibnall will take over the difficult task of maintaining the success of one of the British institutions after its tenth season. This change is accompanied by important decisions by the BBC about the broadcast of the coming seasons and unfortunately the first consequence is that the next aired episode will be the 2016 Christmas special.

The Ustream website's home page

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IBM has confirmed that it has reached an agreement to acquire the provider of video streaming Ustream. No official figures about the acquisition were provided but the magazine Fortune leaked the news on Wednesday, providing a value of $130 million. For IBM the point of the deal is to add another service to its business cloud offers, one of the fast growing sectors and not just for IBM.

David Lynch in Moscow in 2009

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David Keith Lynch was born on January 20, 1946 in Missoula, Montana, USA. He’s an acclaimed director and also screenwriter and producer with successes such as “The Elephant Man” and “Twin Peaks” but also with other productions that had no success but became cults.