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A whitebark pine seedling grows in soil and deteriorating wood blackened by fire in Glacier National Park, Montana, in 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Life after death: From burned trees to bleached corals, how dead organisms live on as the building blocks of new life

The dead remains of foundation species can boost or deter how well future generations are able to grow and thrive.
A data center is planned to occupy a vacant commercial building in Monterey Park, Calif., near homes and businesses and not far from downtown Los Angeles. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Data centers don’t have to be a burden on local communities – and can even support them by generating power and repurposing waste heat

Two engineers explain how data center design, construction and operation can help the facilities support their communities.
Biology reinforces the positive impact of female friendships through the release of oxytocin, otherwise known as the “love hormone.” (Unsplash)

Behind women’s success is a sisterhood that sustains it

Women’s success, resilience and well-being are not purely individual achievements. They are deeply supported by female friendships and collective social bonds.
A banner reading, ‘Regrettably, Putin did not die today. We are waiting …’ hangs in the City Garden of Odesa, Ukraine, on April 1, 2023. Viacheslav Onyshchenko/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images News

Front lines of humor: Dark humor voices Ukrainians’ hopes for victory

Humor has served many functions since Russia’s full-scale invasion, from providing Ukrainians with a sense of escape and hope to spreading news.
Adye Sunday, 25, right, was abducted by Lord’s Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony and forced to be one of his ‘wives.’ He fathered her two children, one of whom Betty, 3, stands at left. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

The war after the war: How violence is passed down through generations

War does not end when the fighting stops or peace agreements are signed. Its harms are transmitted across generations.

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