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With more transport and industry switching from fossil fuels to electricity, batteries are likely to be a growth business.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

The original theme backing the rise was electrification, driven by a shift away from fossil fuels.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

In response to the assessment by the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the UN warned that until humanity weaned off fossil fuels, the planet would only push deeper into uncharted territory.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

The second part of the name, "Tocantinensis," refers to the Tocantins River because the fossil site lies near its eastern bank.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

Richard Owen, the paleontologist who hovered over England’s natural historians like a patrician falcon, descended from the Royal College of Surgeons, to verify and catalog Darwin’s fossil skeletons.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Studying molecules preserved in H. erectus fossils presents another challenge.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

Additional fossils could reveal more about Dasosaurus tocantinensis and the larger dinosaur group to which it belonged.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

Mayer normally studies mammals from the Quaternary period, which is far more recent than the age of the dinosaur fossils.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

Its fossils were found at the site of a road rail terminal under construction in Davinópolis, a city in the state of Maranhão.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

So by the early years of the nineteenth century, fossils had taken on a certain inescapable importance, which makes Wistar’s failure to see the significance of his dinosaur bone all the more unfortunate.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson