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Lent is here – remind me what it’s all about? 5...

Staff Writer - February 22, 2023

Molly Jackson, The Conversation Foreheads smudged with the sign of the cross are the most visible sign of Ash...

EXPLORING NATURE

A striking 51.7% of Gen Z respondents ranked casket burial as their first choice, compared with just 27.1% of baby boomers. Ashley Cooper/The Image Bank via Getty Images

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Boom in cremation hides surprising truths about what Americans really want...

Staff Writer - April 24, 2026

Tanya D. Marsh, Wake Forest University Nearly two-thirds of Americans now opt for cremation – a figure that has...

Seagrass has made an unexpected return to Mosquito Lagoon. Captain William B. Wolfson, Grassroots Guide Service, New Smyrna Beach, FL

Hurricanes devastated Florida’s East Coast – then seagrass made an unexpected comeback

April 22, 2026

A German security guard checks for radiation after the Chernobyl accident in April 1986. Patrick Piel/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

Chernobyl at 40: Secret Stasi files reveal extent of Soviet misinformation...

April 22, 2026

A long-running experiment is testing tree mixes to develop the healthiest forests. Mickey Pullen/Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Don’t just plant trees, plant forests to restore biodiversity for the future

April 21, 2026

People tend to be offended when they get a personal note written by AI – if they know. Ekaterina Buravleva/iStock via Getty Images

Most people do not realize when a personal message they receive...

April 20, 2026