fossil
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Natural gas has long been billed as a "bridge fuel" between dirtier polluting fossil fuels and renewables such as wind and solar.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
From building wind turbines to reinforcing power grids for rising demand from electric cars, transitioning from fossil fuels to greener economies will require a massive increase in metal extraction.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
A refocusing on fossil fuels has coincided with a stricter capital allocation policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Although phylogenetic trees often point to a single early group that later gave rise to modern Australian marsupials, the fossil evidence appears less tidy.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
He said there were so many untapped sources of energy in the world that it was ridiculous to be burning all that fossil fuel.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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They compared anatomical traits from living and extinct apes, DNA from living species, and the geological ages of known fossils.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
The fossils were discovered at Wadi Moghra in northern Egypt and provide the first definitive evidence of an ape from North Africa.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
The new findings raise the possibility that some of those fossils may actually represent numerous species that have yet to be recognized.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Once the extinction period ended, the fossils returned to a pale yellow color.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Smith’s insight was to realize that the answer lay with fossils.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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