“Our country’s lunar exploration research and development project will be opened to all of society, bringing in a competitive mechanism.”

Chinese newspaper Guangming Daily reports that China will implement a competitive bidding system for the construction of parts of its forthcoming Moon probe (via Reuters).

“It dragged me across the boat and would have pulled me in had my colleague not grabbed my trousers – it was like the whole earth had just moved. I knew it was going to a big one.”

Ian Welsh was on a stingray tagging project in Thailand when he caught a big surprise (Daily Telegraph).

“If you want some truly original seating for your living room, these giant foam dinosaur bones are where it’s at.”

The Dvice website has the near-perfect answer for palaeontology fans in need of a sofa.