The emerald ash borer has nearly wiped out the black ash trees in Wisconsin. However, the Ho-Chunk Nation is preserving black ash tree seeds.

A U.S. Navy officer receives ashes during an Ash Wednesday celebration aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp in 2008. (Photo: U.S. Navy/Wikimedia Commons) Marking the beginning of Lent ...

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Poor Chewbacca never got his golden bravery medal for helping to destroy the Death Star during "Star Wars"' climactic Battle of Yavin, but you might be lucky enough to score Luke's if you’re the ...

Or, at least, is inspired by one that actually exists. In the new film Ash, director Flying Lotus weaves a big sci-fi mystery as an astronaut (Eiza González) wakes up on an alien world with her ...

LOS ANGELES — Aunt Cecelia’s ashes used to be over there, in a wooden box on the shelf. Her niece steps gingerly across the charred rubble of this house that used to be and points to the exact ...

Former world tennis champion Ash Barty is no stranger to pressure. Watching her victorious Wimbledon match from 2021, you can hear it building in the crowd every time her opponent Karolina ...

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(1) Coal fly ash, the primary CCR byproduct, accounted for over 100 Mt (short) annually during this period. While 50–60% of CCR waste was reused, the unused residuals were stored in landfills and ...