A Sampling of Clips for June 9, 2010

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Attack on Climate Scientist Just Latest in a Long Line
CNN,Opinion,  June 9 -- Climate scientists are getting desperate. After years of enduring politically motivated attacks, they are still scrambling to defend their findings. (Co-authored by UC San Diego science historian Naomi Oreskes) More

No Refills
Atlantic Monthly, June 9 -- In 2009, only 25 new drugs were approved—less than half the number in the mid-’90s. Why are new pharmaceuticals so hard to bring to market? Overcautious regulators and profit-hungry conglomerates make easy scapegoats, but they’re only partly to blame. While we’re waiting for both sides to reinvent themselves, even little things like better monitoring of side effects can lead to big new discoveries. (Quotes Pedro Cuatrecasas, a biochemist and professor of pharmacology at UC San Diego) More

DSM Panel Considers Ways to Clarify
Diagnostic Criteria for Eating Disorders
JAMA, June 8 -- Members of a work group preparing the upcoming fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) are hoping to clarify the assessment of eating disorders that, at this point, do not have distinct diagnostic criteria. (Quotes Dr. Walter Kaye, a professor of psychiatry with UC San Diego) More

5 Best Tuesday Columns
Atlantic Monthly, June 9 -- In a column for the Los Angeles Times, the authors—Naomi Oreskes,  a professor at UC San Diego, and Erik Conway, a historian of science, provide  a capsule history of insincere skepticism drummed up by free-market proponents against everything from the harmful effects of cigarettes to the severity of global warming. More

China Backing Kim Jong Il Means Party Ties Still Drive Policy
Bloomberg, June 9  -- One reason why Chinese leaders wouldn’t join Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in denouncing North Korea for sinking a South Korean warship when they met in Beijing last month may be found in an obscure agency housed a 10-minute walk from their meeting place. (Quotes Susan Shirk, a professor specializing in Chinese international relations at UC San Diego and Barry Naughton, who focuses on China’s economy and international affairs at UCSD) More

Judge Issues Restraining Order to Stop
Walkout of more than 10,000 Nurses at UC Hospitals
Los Angeles Times, June 8 -- A California judge issued a temporary order Tuesday preventing thousands of nurses from striking this week at University of California hospitals and student health centers. (Mentions UC San Diego) More

U. of California Tries Just Saying No to Rising Journal Costs
Chronicle of Higher Education, June 9 -- The University of California system has said "enough" to the Nature Publishing Group, one of the leading commercial scientific publishers, over a big proposed jump in the cost of the group's journals. (Mentions Brian E.C. Schottlaender, the university librarian at UC San Diego) More

NMSU Telescope Spots Missing Moon Rover
KRQE, N.M. - New Mexico State University's Apache Point Observatory has been instrumental in solving a nearly 40-year-old lunar mystery. UC San Diego researchers used the observatory to find a long-lost Russian moon rover. More

Fiorina on Verge of Making GOP History in State
San Francisco Chronicle, June 9 -- Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina became the first Republican woman in California to win her party's nomination for U.S. Senate, setting up a November showdown against Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer that promises to be the three-term incumbent's toughest election fight ever. (Quotes UC San Diego political scientist Thad Kousser) More

Possible Steps Toward Fighting Cancer, Heart Disease
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 9 -- Yu Mike Chi, a  UC San Diego  graduate student, was recently given $40,000 in seed money to further develop a sensor that attaches to a person's clothing, near their heart. More

Testy UCSD Students Learn There's Nothing Like a Dog
CBS News8, June 8 -- It's finals week, which means hundreds of UC San Diego college students are leaving the library to pet Labradors, poodles and cocker spaniels in hopes of relaxing either before or after the big test. More

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