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In dandelions and fireflies, artists try to make sense of climate change
September 11, 2019Climate change is real, it’s accelerating and it’s terrifying. We are adding carbon to the atmosphere at a rate 100 times faster than any previous natural increases, such as those that occurred at the end of the…
Poll: Democratic voters want a Medicare-like program, gun restrictions
September 11, 2019Former Vice President Joe Biden is ranked by Democratic primary voters, including his own supporters, as more ideologically conservative than they are, according to the latest USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll. On average,…
Robert Shrum, Geoffrey Cowan to preview Democratic presidential candidate debates
September 10, 2019As the 10 leading Democratic candidates for president take to the same debate stage for the first time, Robert Shrum, director of USC Dornsife’s Center for the Political Future, and University Professor Geoffrey Cowan of…
Powerhouse conference explores tribalism in America
September 9, 2019Most Americans believe the country is more divided along racial, ethnic and political lines than at any point in modern history, according to a poll conducted earlier this year by Public Religion Research Institute and The…
Kīlauea eruption fosters algae bloom in North Pacific Ocean
September 5, 2019Volcanoes are often feared for their destructive power, but a new study reminds us that they can foster new growth. A year ago in July, researchers from USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and the University of…
Biodiesel at the USC Wrigley Institute is now a science lesson for Boy Scouts
August 30, 2019Alexander Maertens has spent eight weeks camped on Santa Catalina Island. He is no castaway. The junior in chemistry at USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences has been an instructor this summer for Boy Scouts of…
Q&A: The changing landscape of American labor
August 30, 2019This Monday marks the 125th year that the United States has recognized Labor Day, a federal holiday established in 1894 by President Grover Cleveland. The focus of the labor movement has shifted in recent decades amid…
Protests in Hong Kong are just the tip of the iceberg amid U.S.-China trade war
August 27, 2019Protests in Hong Kong against the Chinese government are now entering their 12th week against the backdrop of a trade war between the United States and China. The protests began when Hong Kong leaders announced they were…
From love to blood: How the summer of ’69 did — and didn’t — mark a zeitgeist shift
August 22, 2019On a warm day in May 1969, USC students held a love-in at Alumni Park on the university’s campus. Singing “Age of Aquarius” and “Revolution,” attendees danced and rolled about on the lawn, one…
1969: The end of an era and one of America’s stormiest and most impactful years
August 21, 2019Emerging on the heels of the Fabulous ’50s in which the horrors of world war were steadily receding from the population’s consciousness, replaced by previously unheard-of middle-class prosperity, the 1960s proved…
Top Stories
- Human breast milk may help babies tell time via circadian signals from mom August 5, 2019
- Poll: Democratic voters want a Medicare-like program, gun restrictions September 11, 2019
- In dandelions and fireflies, artists try to make sense of climate change September 11, 2019
- Kīlauea eruption fosters algae bloom in North Pacific Ocean September 5, 2019
- Powerhouse conference explores tribalism in America September 9, 2019
- Ideas of luck and superstition vary among cultures around the world July 12, 2018
- Childhood interest in chemistry leads to studies of large-scale energy solutions March 21, 2019
- Social science may open new pathways to solving environmental challenges August 2, 2019
- Colorful Keys March 7, 2014
- Biodiesel at the USC Wrigley Institute is now a science lesson for Boy Scouts August 30, 2019
