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Egypt fossils show modern ocean fish rose rapidly after dinosaur extinction

Extraordinary fossils solve a 500-million-year mystery: Bryozoans were there at the dawn of animal life

World's largest scorpion revealed by 415-million-year-old fossils

With America Leading the Way, Climate Alarmism Is in Retreat and Coal Use Is Surging

America leads as climate alarmism fades and coal use surges globally, reshaping energy policies.…

The world is moving off fossil fuels as Canada continues to live in the past

Canada must keep pace with the global energy transition – otherwise, our energy crisis may just be getting started…

Nightmarish Heron-Like Dinosaur Unearthed in Patagonia

Nightmarish Heron-like Dinosaur Unearthed in Patagonia: Pretty tough to be a fish 70 million years ago…

This 260-Million-Year-Old Reptile Fossil Is Reshaping the Story of Turtle Evolution

Learn how a 260-million-year-old Permian reptile, once thought to explain turtle evolution, turned out to belong to a different lineage, reshaping the story of turtle origins in th…

[FOSS Tool] WiFi-SpiderWeb V2.0: Active Cyber Defense for OpenWrt Routers with Live Radar Sweep (Python + SSE)

'Hidden datacentre tax' costing Irish households millions, report says

Datacentres used 22% of country’s electricity last year, pushing up household bills, study suggests…

Musk abandoned his own solar electric economy to burn gas for an unused AI chat

Elon Musk once said a small corner of desert could power the US with solar. Now xAI burns gas for Grok, sells compute to 'evil' Anthropic, and pitches solar in space ahead of Space…

This 70-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Looked Like a Raptor, but May Have Fished Like a Heron

​​​​​Learn how Kank australis, a newly described raptor-like dinosaur from Patagonia, may have used its flexible neck, sharp teeth, and wetland habitat to hunt more like a heron th…

A 500-Million-Year-Old Fossil Adds a New Clue to a Missing Chapter of Animal Evolution

Learn how a 500-million-year-old arthropod fossil from Québec is helping scientists rethink the Furongian gap and the hidden diversity of late Cambrian life.…

Turtles finally have a place in the tree of life thanks to an X‑ray study of South African fossils

Texas <em>T. Rex</em>&rsquo; Is an 80-Million-Year-Old Mosasaur the Size of a School Bus

Learn about Tylosaurus rex, a newly identified species of mosasaur that stands out for its serrated teeth and massive size.…

Scientists hung onto woolly mammoth fossils for 70 years — then discovered a huge mistake: ‘Something was amiss’

It’s a whale of a “tail.”…

'Feathered dragon' has some of the longest tail feathers ever found on a fossil bird

Paleontologists Just Found the Most Extra Bird of the Dinosaur Era

Dubbed the “Banko’s feather dragon,” the extinct bird’s tail feathers were twice the length of its entire body.…

New fossil salamander species related to the famous axolotl is discovered in Mexico

Arias: Human proof for FOSS contributions

Rodrigo Arias Mallo, maintainer of the Dillo web browser, has written a blog post with a propos [...]…

24/7 Renewables Outcompete Fossil Fuels on Costs

French airlines are finally turning to sustainable fuels to break free from fossil fuel dependence

Sustainable aviation fuels, which do not require any extraction of fossil carbon, are now being seen as an opportunity by airlines. However, SAFs remain extremely expensive, and th…

Human proof for FOSS contributions

Payre fossils from Europe's earliest Neanderthals reveal dynamic evolution shaped by climatic oscillations

Ask HN: Is paying $2/pull request too high?

Show HN: Cordium – FOSS sandbox platform with secretless infrastructure access

Open-source sandbox platform with identity-based secretless infrastructure access for developers and AI agents on Kubernetes - octelium/cordium…

FossFlow is down :(

AI Data Centers Will Keep Fossil Fuels in Business

Solar will become the largest source of power in the next decade, surpassing coal, oil and natural gas, according to a new report from BloombergNEF. The tectonic shift will occur a…

U.N General Assembly votes for strong action on climate change, including national climate action plans to limit global temperature rise to below 1.5ºC; phasing out subsidies for fossil fuel exploration, production and exploitation; and urging those in violation to provide full reparation for damage

‘Pompeii, but in the middle of a massive city’: the ice age fossil site hidden in Los Angeles

La Brea Tar Pits – the only urban, active ice age excavation site in world – gets a mammoth face lift for the first time in nearly 50 years Los Angeles is known for famous museum s…

Tiny fossils found in 1.7-billion‑year‑old mud yield clues to the evolution of complex life

Pokemon fossil exhibition opens at Chicago museum, the first time its been displayed outside Japan

The Pokemon Fossil Museum, an exhibition featuring real fossils as well as sculptures of fossil creatures found in the Pokemon games, opened at Chicago’s Field Museum Friday.…

Ancient fossilized trees may finally prove Noah’s Ark flood is true: scientists

Turns out the only thing more deeply buried than these trees is the debate over what buried them.…

Is there actually demand for an FOSS, Ubuntu-installable equivalent of sort of HexOS, or is the space too saturated?

Every (major) supply chain in the world

hormuz, metals, minerals, food, etc…

WATCH: This museum exhibit features Pokémon and real fossils

The "Pokémon Fossil Museum" exhibition at Chicago's Field Museum brings together the worlds of Pokémon and paleontology.…

There’s a New T. Rex in Town—and It Swims

There’s a New T. Rex in Town—and It Swims: It’s mean, too…

Ancient seas get a new T. rex as massive mosasaur emerges from Texas fossils

Rare 567‑million‑year‑old fossils refine our understanding of early animal evolution

The Oldest Evidence of Animal Sex Has Been Found, and It’s Mind-Boggling

Fossils unearthed in the Northwest Territories push the origins of animal sex back by 5-10 million years and reveal the earliest examples of locomotion in the fossil record.…

Fossil Ridge soccer is back-to-back champ after winning OT thriller

Reese Morgan does it again as the Fossil Ridge captain scores an OT winner for the second game in a row to secure the state title for the SaberCats.…

Complex animals evolved up to 10 million years earlier than previously thought, fossil discovery shows

Trove of fossils discovered in Canada sheds light on "when life first became large, complex and unmistakenly animal."…

Can Australia make its own fertiliser without fossil fuels?

Most fertiliser is a by-product of the oil industry, which is why it's so vulnerable to the current blockade. But there are other sources the industry could eventually switch to.…

Discovery of new fossils in Northwest Canada changes view of early animal evolution

Eva v Goliath: the 20-year-old climate activist taking on Trump and the fossil fuel industry

Young Americans are suing the president for violating rights with executive orders that fuel the climate crisis Eva Lighthiser was at a dorm party on her Colorado college campus la…

Denver has a plan to heat and cool buildings without fossil fuels. It involves … sewage?

Like many cities, Denver's largest source of greenhouse gas emissions is its buildings. Heating and cooling skyscrapers requires a lot of fossil fuels. Now, the city is trying a su…

I made an App that uses local LLMs to monitor your screen

We Can’t Sue Big Oil Out of Existence

Consuming fossil fuels is not the same as smoking cigarettes.…

ASEAN nations return to fossil fuels, back away from net zero plans

Solar to dominate energy by 2035, but AI data centers will keep fossil fuels in business

Costs for solar panels are expected to drop another 30% in the coming decade, helping the tech cement its lead in energy markets.…

In conservative Utah, some communities are ditching fossil fuel power for clean energy

In conservative Utah, a coalition of cities and towns shows other communities how to bring new renewable energy to the electric grid in a unique way.…

Texans accuse Japan of doing ‘deal with the devil’ by funding US fossil fuel projects

Community groups from the Freeport area are urging Japanese financiers and ministries not to back fossil fuel infrastructure.…

Mixxx: FOSS DJ Mixing Software

Mixxx is Free DJ software that gives you everything you need to perform live mixes. - mixxxdj/mixxx…

Ancient Arctic fossils uncover three mammal species that survived months of darkness

A Dimpled Koala Fossil Found in a Cave in Western Australia Revealed Why This Previously Unknown Species Went Extinct

The new study found that they lost their arboreal habitat due to a drying climate, a dire warning for the modern-day marsupials that face a similar threat…

The Iran war reminds us: we’ll never be energy-independent with fossil fuels | Lloyd Doggett and Michael Shank

Energy security comes from using local, renewable resources to power, heat and cool communities, as Ukraine is doing…

Bethel art studio gives kids a lesson in kindness -- Cody Foss, the executive director of Kind Works in Bethel, Connecticut, is teaching a group of children at its after school program, the finer points of kindness.

Fossil-fuelled growth: India home to over 35% of world's 'dirtier & richer' cities

BENGALURU: India may have taken the term "filthy rich" literally. Indian cities' growth remains tied to polluting fossil-fuel use and consequent pollution while China and several o…

Fooyin (FOSS, Linux-compatible, Foobar2k-like music player) v0.10.7 release notes discussion thread (in the crosspost)

'Last titan' of Thailand discovered, and it's the longest-necked dinosaur on record from Southeast Asia

A newfound species of long-necked dinosaur from Thailand lived up to 120 million years ago, and it's the largest known of its kind from Southeast Asia.…

ASEAN Energy Crisis: From Fossil Frailty To Infrastructure Prowess

As LNG prices double amid the Hormuz blockade, Southeast Asia is ditching fossil fuel dependency for renewable energy — and building a regional grid to match.…