Scientists have identified the world’s earliest python from 47 million-year-old fossils recovered from a quarry in southwest Germany. Remains of the new python species, called Messelopython freyi, were discovered in Messel Pit, a UNESCO World Heritage Site near the German city of Darmstadt. Researchers report in a new paper that the ‘completely preserved’ species had a length … Read more
The dash to ditch gas for hydrogen boilers: Ministers step up drive to cut fossil fuel use in next decade No new-build homes will be gas-powered after 2025 in shift away from fossil fuel Gas boilers in homes should soon be replaced by hydrogen-powered heaters It comes as Government said it was restarting talks about building … Read more
Boris Johnson vows to axe funding for overseas fossil fuel projects ‘as soon as possible’ ahead of UN climate summit PM wants to stop promoting new crude oil, natural gas and thermal coal scheme Boris Johnson described the move as ‘ambition on a truly grand scale’ It is a significant change as the government has … Read more
The Fossil Gen 5 Smartwatch is now 47% off on Amazon for Black Friday – that’s a huge saving of £130 By Emily Knott For Mailonline Published: 13:36 GMT, 27 November 2020 | Updated: 15:30 GMT, 27 November 2020 Black Friday 2020 is here, and there are huge savings to be had on the latest … Read more
Romi Savova is the chief executive of PensionBee, which was founded in 2014 Investors keen to ditch big oil and gas companies from their pension funds have the option to go fossil fuel free from as early as next year if they sign up their savings to a brand new tracker fund set for launch … Read more
‘Fossil galaxy’ discovered deep within the Milky Way is the remnant of a star cluster that collided with our own 10 BILLION years ago and was absorbed into its ‘halo’, astronomers claim Experts analysed the composition and motion of tens of thousands of stars This allowed them to identify the hidden remnant of the galactic collision The … Read more
‘Fossil galaxy’ discovered deep within the Milky Way is the remnant of a star cluster that collided with our own 10 BILLION years ago and was absorbed into its ‘halo’, astronomers claim Experts analysed the composition and motion of tens of thousands of stars This allowed them to identify the hidden remnant of the galactic collision The … Read more
Online pension provider PensionBee launching fossil fuel-free pension, which it claims is first mainstream product of its type By Rachel Rickard Straus, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 14 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 14 November 2020 Online pension provider PensionBee is launching a fossil fuel-free pension, which it claims is the first … Read more
Incredible opalised dinosaur teeth found in the Outback shed new light on how three giant beasts weighing 90,000kg and measuring 40m coexisted in Australia Fossilised dinosaur teeth were found at Lightning Ridge, in north-west NSW Researchers said the area has yielded a rich bounty of fossils over the years Three sauropod species are believed to have … Read more
The rock-star fossil hunter brothers who dug up the most expensive dinosaur bones in the world have been locked in a bitter dispute after a family fall out. For years, legendary paleontologist brothers Peter and Neal Larson worked together on some of the most monumental fossil finds but tensions mounted several years ago when younger brother … Read more