“I believe the fins may be remains from the time when dolphins’ ancient ancestors lived on land… this is an unprecedented discovery.”
Seiji Osumi, of Tokyo’s Institute of Cetacean Research, on a bottlenose dolphin with an extra fin either side of its tail, captured off western Japan. (The Japan Times, Tokyo, 6 November)
“We should cooperate with others rather than reinventing the rocket.”
Raja Mohan, strategic affairs editor of The Indian Express, on India’s aspirations to send astronauts to the moon by 2020. (The Guardian, London, 3 November)
“While 24 million people in China live in abject poverty and suffer malnutrition, 60 million Chinese are obese.”…
