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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 federal grand jury indicted former FBI Director James Comey in April 2026 over a social media photo of seashells. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

To ‘86’ occasionally means to kill but usually doesn’t: A linguistic investigation into the Instagram threat charge against James Comey

Does a seashell arrangement in the form of the numerals ‘86 47’ amount to a criminal threat to assassinate President Donald Trump, as prosecutors suggest?
During the Hajj pilgrimage, Muslims go around the cube-like sacred structure, the Kaaba, which is covered with a black cloth, the kiswah. MASTER/Moment via Getty Images

The sacred cloth at the center of the Hajj pilgrimage

As millions gather for Hajj, they will circle the Kaaba, which is draped in the black cloth known as the kiswah – a sacred object shaped by centuries of faith, politics and power.
O presidente brasileiro Lula da Silva cumprimenta o presidente dos EUA, Donald Trump, na chegada à Casa Branca: viagem também tem uma segunda função, igualmente importante para Lula, já que cada ponto da agenda bilateral se relaciona diretamente com uma questão eleitoral interna. Ricardo Stuckert/PR

Trump e Lula na Casa Branca: uma relação baseada no pragmatismo e um cálculo regional mais amplo

A reunião bilateral entre os dois presidentes enviou um sinal claro ao público interno de Lula: a relação com Washington não está rompida e não precisa de um Bolsonaro para ser consertada
Brazilian President Lula da Silva greets US President Donald Trump upon his arrival at the White House: the trip also serves a second, equally important function for Lula, as each item on the bilateral agenda maps directly onto a domestic electoral fault line. Ricardo Stuckert/PR

Trump and Lula at the White House: a relationship built on pragmatism and a broader regional calculus

Bilateral meeting between both presidents sent a clear signal to Lula’s domestic audience: the relationship with Washington is not broken, and it does not require a Bolsonaro to fix it.
Abelardo de la Espriella from Colombia (left) and Flávio Bolsonaro from Brazil (right): the two men have never appeared on the same stage, but they are running similar campaigns, reading from similar scripts, and looking toward the same set of foreign role models. AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga and AP Photo/Eraldo Peres

In Colombia and Brazil, presidential candidates offer old solutions to old problems

The solutions they offer - economic shock therapy, militarized crackdowns and a lack of agency in foreign policy - are just old responses retooled with new aesthetics and a new international support network.
The University of Florida in Gainesville is one of the universities that signed a memo agreeing to cooperate with ICE. Mireya Acierto

We teach at a Florida university that agreed to cooperate with ICE – and we worry that it is making our students feel less safe

At least 15 Florida state universities and colleges have signed agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement that authorize campus police to carry out immigration enforcement.
Les chercheurs ont analysé 133 pays côtiers afin de comprendre comment se répartissent les investissements portuaires chinois. Martin Bernetti/AFP

Le réseau portuaire de la Chine se concentre autour des routes les plus risquées de la planète… et ce n’est pas un hasard

Du canal de Panama au détroit de Malacca, les ports liés à des entreprises chinoises se multiplient le long des passages clés du commerce mondial. Et des routes les plus dangereuses…
People gather in a rally to support Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the successor to his late father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as supreme leader, in Tehran, Iran, on March 9, 2026. AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File

Iran’s ruling structure explained

Although the supreme leader assumes the majority of power, Iran’s regime consists of a network of governing bodies.
A group of supporters march toward Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s residence in Tehran, Iran, on March 1, 2026, following the confirmed death of the supreme leader. AP Photo/Vahid Salemi

How does Iran go about selecting a new supreme leader? And who is in the running?

Media reports have cast the son of slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a top candidate for supreme leader. A scholar of Iranian politics explains how the succession process has never been free or fair.
The silhouettes of the container cranes in the Port of Balboa in Panama City on Feb. 24, 2026. Martin Bernetti/ AFP via Getty Images

Far from random, China’s global port network is clustering near the world’s riskiest trade routes

A review of 133 countries’ ports found a correlation between investment from China and proximity to chokepoints.

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