fossil
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Asked whether De la Espriella's administration would also pursue efforts to phase out fossil fuels despite the president's support for fracking, the minister said yes but added that "reality" must be taken into account.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
They are best known for their distinctive, bullet-shaped internal skeletal structures, called rostra or guards, which are often the only parts of the animals that survive in the fossil record.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
"SolarStratos takes another step towards its ultimate goal: reaching the stratosphere aboard a crewed electric and solar-powered aircraft, without using a single drop of fossil fuel."
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
A new species of dinosaur - a long-clawed predator the size of a large tiger - has been identified from a fossil found on the Isle of Wight more than 100 years ago.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
There’s the natural gas in the fertilizer and the fossil fuel energy it takes to make the pesticides, the diesel used by the tractors, and the fuel needed to harvest, dry, and transport the corn.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
Both known fossils of Wyoteuthis linsterorum are now on display at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center in Thermopolis, Wyoming, where visitors can see the extraordinary remains of one of the Jurassic seas' most unusual squid relatives.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
While examining fossils, Pohl noticed a belemnite that was considerably larger than any he had previously encountered.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
The research team also used mathematical modelling to investigate how the spread of megaraptors around the world might have changed over time, based on fossils discovered so far, dinosaurs' evolutionary trees, geography and climate.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
There was one major problem with that explanation: Until now, no megaraptoran fossils had been identified in Europe.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
There were tables set up there, and they were covered with various clumps of that rust-colored mud so greasy it’s mostly just clay, and poking from some of those clumps were the fossils.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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