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

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

South African telescope detects record‑breaking signal from the early universe

South African telescope detects record‑breaking signal from the early universe

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Scientists used a method from ecology to identify whether icy moons could hold conditions for life

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Do shark culls keep people safe in the ocean? Here’s what the science says

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

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

Kai Kopecky, University of Colorado Boulder and John Kominoski, Florida International University People’s knee-jerk reaction to seeing death…

June 17, 2026