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
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, who used to be the energy secretary, has long been vocal about what he sees as the need to move away from fossil fuels.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 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
No fossil fuels or added fertilizer or chemicals needed.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
Two extraordinarily rare fossils found in Wyoming have revealed a strange new species of squid relative that lived approximately 160 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
Lippincott emphasized how extraordinary the discovery was, even for researchers familiar with Wyoming's abundant belemnite fossils.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
Lomax, an Honorary Research Fellow at The University of Manchester and an 1851 Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, first worked alongside Cliff and his wife, Sandy, while excavating dinosaur fossils as a teenager.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 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
She turned from the fossils completely, grinned right at me.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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