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
A breakthrough came when fossil collector Cliff Linster discovered a second specimen near Ten Sleep, Wyoming.
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
They compared the fossil with skulls and brain cases from tyrannosaurs, spinosaurs, raptors and other two-legged meat-eating dinosaurs.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
To get around the problems of fossil distributions, they posited ancient "land bridges" wherever they were needed.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Belemnites are among the most frequently discovered fossils in the world.
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
There was one major problem with that explanation: Until now, no megaraptoran fossils had been identified in Europe.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Megaraptors are regarded as the most mysterious of the large, meat-eating dinosaurs, as few megaraptor fossils have been found.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
They sat there, Quietness and Emptiness, frozen two-egg fossils, with hornbumps that hadn’t grown into horns.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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