fossil

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Georgieva said oil and gas exporting countries that haven’t been swept up in the conflict will be least affected, while those that import fossil fuels will “bear the brunt of the impact.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The fossil, named Pohlsepia mazonensis, had featured in the Guinness Book of Records as the earliest known octopus.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Synchrotron imaging, a modern technique that uses beams of light brighter than the sun, was used to scan the fossil, revealing new details within the rock.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Researchers used cutting-edge synchrotron imaging to examine the inside of the fossil in detail.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

Later, when Moody saw the finished photos, he thought at first that Pearl looked like a delicate fossil, something caught for millennia in the skeleton belly of a prehistoric beast.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng