A Sampling of Clips for June 8, 2010

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Seeds of Doubt Against Climate Science
Los Angeles Times, Opinion, June 8 -- If some of the ongoing attacks on the credibility of climate science feel familiar, there's a reason. With their unattributed claims downplaying the severity of the problem and their vague allegations of scientific impropriety, the assaults are the latest in a long tradition of organized efforts by industry and free-market enthusiasts to undermine the credibility of science they don't like. (Co-authored by Naomi Oreskes, a professor of history and science studies at UC San Diego)
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Hooked on Gadgets, and Paying a Mental Price
The New York Times, June 6 -- Scientists say juggling e-mail, phone calls and other incoming information can change how people think and behave. They say our ability to focus is being undermined by bursts of information. (Mentions UC San Diego) More

As BP Collects Oil, Magnitude of Spill Remains a Mystery
The Wall Street Journal, 8 -- While BP PLC (BP) has publicly provided figures showing a daily increase in the quantity of oil it's collecting from the blown-out Macondo well, the amount of crude that continues to spew into the Gulf of Mexico remains a mystery. (Quotes Juan Lasheras, a professor of aerospace engineering at UC San Diego) More

Mexican Migration: A South of the Border View
Huffington Post, June 8 – Review of “Mexican Migration and the U.S. Economic Crisis: A Transnational Perspective,” edited by Wayne A. Cornelius, David Fitzgerald, Pedro Lewin Fisher, and Leah Muse-Orlinoff. Cornelius and Fitzgerald are on the UC San Diego faculty, and Muse-Orlinoff is a graduate student here. More

In Low-Key Buffalo, a New-Music Milestone
The New York Times, June 4 -- June in Buffalo has a sense of mission that has made it an important part of the new-music ecology. Its drawing cards are accomplished new-music performers — among them this year, the Arditti Quartet, Signal and Ensemble SurPlus — playing works by established composers. (Mentions composer and Pulitzer-Prize winner Roger Reynolds, who is on the UC San Diego faculty) More

Valley Absentee Voters Grow, But Their Returns Don't
Fresno Bee, June 7 -- Voter turnout for today's election is starting out light this morning in Fresno County, according to County Clerk Victor Salazar. (Quotes UC San Diego political scientist Gary Jacobson) More

New Book Examines Efforts to Discredit Evidence of Global Warming
KPBS, June 7 -- A sizable minority still do not believe we are causing global warming. And some members of the press continue to treat the question of what causes global warming as a controversial issue. We see this despite the fact that scientists, who study the climate, are virtually unanimous in their belief that human activities are making the earth warmer. Naomi Oreskes is a UC San Diego science historian and co-author of the book "Merchants of Doubt." She says the continuing controversy is largely due to a concerted effort -- call it a conspiracy, if you like -- to discredit climate research, to cast doubt on the conclusions of that research. More

Local Nurses Prepare for One-Day Strike
10News, June -- A total of 24,000 in the National Nurses United union are threatening the largest-ever one-day strike in history Thursday. In California, a total of 12,000 nurses, including nurses at UC hospitals, will take part, and at UC San Diego Medical Center and Thornton Hospital, some 800 full-time nurses and 400 temporary nurses could be involved in the strike. More

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A Choice on Mayor's Strength Almost 80 Years Ago
Voice of San Diego, June 8  -- Back in 1931, San Diego City Hall's most vociferous critics accused it of being a cesspool of corruption, graft and incompetence. Sound vaguely familiar? Nearly eight decades later, the city government's future is once again at stake in an election. (Quotes UC San Diego political scientist Thad Kousser) More

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