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Survey shows growing support for online education in California

2013-06-06 05:30:00

For Steven Ancheta, the time is long past for more arguments about online education's merits and convenience. The West Covina resident, who is enrolled in a fully online program for a bachelor's degree from Arizona State University, praised the...

Beijing International Screenwriting Competition announces winners

2013-05-20 06:36:00

An American woman arrives in China to retrace the steps of her deceased daughter from a video diary the daughter kept of her trip to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. A young flautist travels to Beijing to audition for a conservatory. A seamstress for a...

Citizen scientists: Help crowd-source climate change research

2013-05-14 06:00:00

Citizen scientists, environmentalists and anyone who lives near a power plant -- your services are requested. Climate change scientist Kevin Robert Gurney needs your help in a grand undertaking: the mapping of all the power plants in the world. It's a...

Evidence points toward solving evolutionary 'missing link'

2013-04-11 16:12:00

With long arms, high shoulder blades and powerful fingers, the ancient creatures were built for climbing trees. But they also had long lower limbs, flat feet and a flexible lumbar spine that gave them a distinct evolutionary edge: They could cover long...

Researchers use light, sound to untangle spider web riddles

2013-01-29 15:14:00

Scientists have found a new way to study spider webs that literally shines a light on arachnid technology like never before. Using light-scattering technology previously used for studying proteins, collagens and muscle fibers, researchers at Arizona...

Caltech tops list of world's universities

2012-10-03 13:03:38

IATSE to picket UCLA and USC games in dispute with Pac-12 (updated)

2012-12-17 19:01:00

Screenings to help treat the right cancers

2012-09-13 00:00:00

Cancer is running out of places to hide. A new blood test can ferret out a single cancer cell tucked away among a billion healthy cells. Radiologists are using crystal-clear 3-D mammograms to find suspicious spots and lumps that they never could have seen...

'Weapons of persuasion' from Robert Cialdini

2012-04-28 00:00:00

Mitt Romney on the stump, singles at the bar, car salesmen on the lot: All sorts of people are practicing the art of persuasion, with varying degrees of success. We like to think that we make our own decisions, that we're in control. But we're all open...

Woman says doctor in murder case provided her hundreds of pills weekly

2012-06-15 21:35:48

PASSINGS: Sidney W. Benson

2012-01-09 00:00:00

Sidney W. Benson Former USC chemistry professor Sidney W. Benson, 93, a chemistry professor who was scientific co-director of USC's Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, died Dec. 30 at his home in Brentwood of complications from a stroke, the...

PASSINGS: Fred Milano, William Polk Carey, Mike Colalillo

2012-01-04 00:00:00

Fred Milano Doo-wop singer with Dion and the Belmonts Fred Milano, 72, a singer who made rock 'n' roll history on doo-wop hits with Dion and the Belmonts in the 1950s, died Sunday, three weeks after his lung cancer was diagnosed, said Warren Gradus, who...

Students at Arizona State University's Tempe campus in 1998.

2013-03-22 15:36:43

Perkins+Will has named Murali Selvaraj chief information officer. He will be responsible for all facets of the firm�s information and knowledge management systems. Previously, Selvaraj worked with some of the firm�s high profile corporate clients on strategic planning and consulting engagements.

2013-02-22 09:53:00

(UWM) where she was associate vice chancellor, interim dean for the School of Continuing Education and professor of educational psychology.

2012-11-18 13:54:00