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
Complete skeletons are uncommon in the fossil record, so the researchers relied on much smaller clues: teeth and pieces of jaw.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
I am not equipped to see inside their outer shell—as I do not think my fossil X-ray would work on another rover.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
Their analysis showed that the fossils consisted of an anterior trunk vertebra, a mid trunk vertebra, and a sacro-caudal vertebra.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
More than 20 years later, a Kyoto University research team has returned to the fossils and uncovered new details about their identity.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
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
In most cases, greater depth means darker fossils.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
The famous Java Homo erectus fossils prove that humans have occupied at least western Indonesia for a million years.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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