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All that glitters isn’t usually gold, and the same is true for 183 million-year-old fossils found in the Posidonia Shale. Moreover, while the researchers used to think the shiny gold coating on the fossils was fool’s gold, new research has revealed a more surprising answer.

The Posidonia Shale in southwest Germany is the source of many of these golden-hued fossils, particularly those of soft-bodied sea life such as squid and ichthyosaur embryos that were around in the early Jurassic. These geological deposits containing soft-bodied preserves are known as Konservat-Lagerstätten and are extremely rare.

Previously it was thought that anoxic conditions helped to fossilize these specimens. While pyrite, also known as fool’s gold, was thought to be the source of this shine, a closer inspection has revealed more about the conditions in which these fossils were formed.

After decades of frustration, researchers have finally determined how an airborne scent molecule links to a human smell receptor.

That’s when major clean energy projects are also due to come online, including the country’s largest offshore wind farm, which comes at a price of $9.8 billion. Once built off the Virginia coast, this project could save the state’s customers as much as $6 billion during its first 10 years in operation.

Focusing on efficiency now will help avoid overbuilding renewable generation and allow such large-scale projects to make great strides toward a greener grid when they finally are welcomed online.

While making energy efficiency improvements isn’t a new idea, AI is enabling real-time data analysis and energy intelligence that can maximize efforts in a variety of ways that are chipping away at carbon emissions now.

Reactors small enough to fit on a truck might sound like something from ’60s science fiction, but they may be here soon.

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A mystifying swirl of light recently appeared in the night sky above Alaska, briefly outshining a vibrant auroral display.

Apple’s new high-yield savings account will get customers to stick around longer than a smartwatch.

The new Egypt project is valued at 160 billion Egyptian pounds ($5.25 billion) Egypt plans to build world’s longest artificial river: Report artificial river, Construction, Egypt, river Construction.

You won’t exactly see through any barrier like Superman, but by using this AR headset, you could locate items buried away in a giant warehouse.