fossil
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"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
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
A dinosaur fossil that spent nearly a century overlooked in a museum collection has turned out to belong to an entirely new species of prehistoric predator.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
The fossil record speaks to us unambiguously of creatures that once were present in enormous numbers and that have now vanished utterly.'
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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
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
The team then compared its anatomy with fossils from several other groups of meat-eating dinosaurs, including tyrannosaurs, spinosaurs, raptors, and other predators that walked on two legs.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
It appears that many of these fossils can’t be referred to South African species either, contrary to earlier assumptions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
There were little fern-shaped fossils, and fossils that looked like scorpions stinging themselves to death.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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