fossil
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The use of fossil fuels to power the centre prompted criticism from environmental campaign group Friends of the Earth Cymru.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 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
But while AI could boost the efficiency and use of renewables, the technology has long been used by oil and gas companies to sift through geological data, identify underground reservoirs and streamline fossil fuel production.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Beyond identifying a previously unknown species, the fossil provides an important missing piece in the evolutionary history of megaraptorans.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 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
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
These dinosaurs remain among the least understood groups of large meat eaters because their fossils are exceptionally rare.
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
There was one major problem with that explanation: Until now, no megaraptoran fossils had been identified in Europe.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Yet fossils attest to human presence in China for over half a million years.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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