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Like any personal touch, there’s a chance this common fundraising step makes people feel warm and fuzzy inside. But a five-year research project found that it doesn’t make donors more generous.
Most histories highlight the shattered storefronts and synagogues set aflame. But it was the systematic ransacking of Jewish homes that extracted the greatest toll.
Veterans of past wars have long been at the forefront of peace advocacy in the United States.
What can we do as individuals to help save the planet? Acting locally is satisfying because we can see the results, but a geographer argues that large-scale solutions often make the most difference.
It may sound like a solemn affair, but the Day of the Dead – which blends indigenous and Catholic ritual – is a convivial celebration that allows Mexicans to reconnect with deceased loved ones.
The recent death of Elijah Cummings at age 68 underscores a disturbing statistic: black men die, on average, five years younger than white men. A study shows racism’s effects on gene activity.
Images of wildfires are powerful, but can make climate catastrophe seem like something spectacular and distant. So some artists are focusing on the plants and bugs in our immediate surroundings.
Although the rings of Saturn may look like a permanent fixture of the planet, they are ever-changing. New analyses of the rings reveal how and when they were made, from what and whether they’ll last.
Breast milk contains ingredients in concentrations that change over the course of the day. Researchers think milk is chrononutrition, carrying molecular messages to help set a baby’s internal clock.
While the US is a nation of immigrants, China is not. That’s a huge competitive advantage when doing business in emerging markets.
Americans need a new multi-decade Moonshot that will inspire several generations to shoot for the stars and pursue careers in space engineering and exploration.
The National Intelligence Council works inside government but is little understood outside. Yet it has helped respond to almost all the major foreign policy challenges of the last 40 years.
A study found that grocery shoppers who could change their orders were more likely to swap produce for junk food than the other way around.
Walau ‘Aladdin’ 2019 adalah peningkatan besar dari versi 1992, ternyata ia masih mendaur ulang beberapa kiasan lama.
When asked to donate money they had earned through participating in a study, average people tended to choose the less onerous requirements rather than big ones.
The first truth commission to research lynchings has been established in Maryland. It has the potential to educate the public about and support racial reconciliation. But it also faces obstacles.
Muslims throughout the world will celebrate the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, a celebration at the end of Ramadan. Here’s an introduction to this important feast and its partner, Eid al-Adha.
While the 2019 ‘Aladdin’ is a big improvement from the 1992 version, it still recycles some old tropes.
Thousands of years ago, carbon gases trapped on the seafloor escaped, causing drastic warming that helped end the last ice age. A scientist says climate change could cause this process to repeat.
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Associate Professor of Writing, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Associate Professor of Religion, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Lecturer in Political Science and International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of Practice in International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Dana and David Dornsife Professor of Psychology and Director of the Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Social scientist, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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President, Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Associate Professor of International Relations and Environmental Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Associate Professor of the Practice of Political Science and International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Associate Professor of Earth Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of Physics and Astronomy, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Research Scientist, Center for Economic and Social Research, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
