A Sampling of Clips for April 9, 2010

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Underwater Robot That Can Run Forever
Reuters, April 8 -- NASA, the U.S. Navy and university researchers have successfully demonstrated the first robotic underwater vehicle to be powered entirely by natural, renewable, ocean thermal energy. Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif.; and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, completed the first 3 months of an ocean endurance test of the prototype vehicle off the coast of Hawaii in March. More

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First Oxygen-free Animals Found
BBC News, April 8 -- Scientists have found the first animals that can survive and reproduce entirely without oxygen, deep on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea. (Quotes Lisa Levin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

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Oil Could Give Kiss of Death to Recovery
Finacial Times, April 9 -- This week oil climbed to $87 a barrel, its highest level since October 2008 and prompted concerns that triple-digit crude was once again in the offing. (Quotes James Hamilton, an economist at UC San Diego) More

Stevens' Retirement Sets Up Battle Over Supreme Court Choice
Kansas City Star, April 9 -- Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens announced his retirement Friday, setting up a long-anticipated confirmation battle during the most sensitive of political seasons. (Quotes UC San Diego political scientist Gary Jacobson) More

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Everything Is Contagious
Slate, April 8 -- The newspapers are saying a social plague has struck mankind. Scientists contend that everything from obesity to happiness to loneliness can be "socially contagious"—meaning that if your friend gets fat, gets happy or grows lonely, you are at increased risk of doing the same. The leading advocates for the new social contagionism are sociologist Nicholas Christakis and UC San Diego political scientist James Fowler. More

Healthbeat Report: Stomach Shrinking
ABC7, Chicago, Ill., April 8 -- Less invasive treatments are now being tested as options for those with more moderate weight problems, including a clinical trial at UC San Diego. More

UCSD Prof Turns Meeting Into Protest Rally
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 9 — An activist arts professor at UC San Diego who is facing scrutiny from campus police and administrators for his work in civil disobedience turned a meeting with university officials yesterday into a two-hour exercise in nonviolent protest. More

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Kyoto Prize Symposium to be Held in San Diego
San Diego 6, April 8 - The Kyoto Prize Symposium, which features the latest recipients of Japan's highest private award for global achievement, will be held in San Diego this month, organizers said. Presentations by each Kyoto Prize laureate take place April 21-22, at UC San Diego, San Diego State University and the University of San Diego. More

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