A Sampling of Clips for May 18, 2010

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A Marine Chemist Studies How Life Began
The New York Times, May 17 -- Jeffrey L. Bada, 67, is a distinguished professor of marine chemistry at UC San Diego. He studies how life began. We spoke for an hour during the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s annual meeting in San Diego last winter and again this month by telephone. An edited version of the two conversations follows. More

Hack Attacks Mounted on Car Control Systems
BBC News, May 17 - The computer systems used to control modern cars are very vulnerable to attack, say experts. An investigation by security researchers, including a team at UC San Diego, found the systems to be "fragile" and easily subverted. More

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Scripps to Get $88 Million Research Ship
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 17 -- The Scripps Institution of Oceanography  -- which has been exploring the ocean realm since the early years of the 20th century -- has been chosen to operate one of the two $88 million scientific research ships that will be built by the U.S. Office of Naval Research. More

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Left, Right and Wrong
Los Angeles Times, Opinion, May 18 -- We are taught to believe that ideology is the enemy of free thought. But that's not right. Ideology is a mere checklist of principles and priorities. The real enemy of clear thinking is the script. We think the world is supposed to go by a familiar plot. And when the facts conflict with the script, we edit the facts. (Mentions UC San Diego) More

UCSD  Proposes Another La Jolla Hospital
KPBS, May 17 -- Change is in the air for medical care in San Diego -- at least north of I-8. Irwin and Joan Jacobs have donated $75 million toward a new $664 million Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego, which will house a new 245-bed medical tower as well as a cancer-care hospital, advanced surgery unit and maternity and infant care. Federal healthcare reform will also change the landscape. We discuss the impact of both on medical care here. More

San Diego Hospitals Prepare for Disaster
KPBS, May 17 — San Diego hospitals will take part in a statewide disaster exercise called operation Golden Guardian. The disaster drill takes place every year, and this year the scenario is a terrorist attack with a highly radioactive bomb, called a dirty bomb. At UC San Diego Hospital in Hillcrest, dozens of people will pose as victims who need treatment. Therese Rymer, the hospital's director of emergency preparedness, said in a disaster, a code sets the hospital in motion. More

UC San Diego Lists Top 10 Hot Career Trends
The Desert Sun, May 17 -- As college graduates look to enter the workforce, a new study on the hottest careers from UC San Diego could help guide them in this tough economy. More

Scripps Battles One of Its Own on Climate Change
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 17 -- “Merchants of Doubt” argues that a handful of prominent and politically connected scientists leveraged elements of uncertainty about climate change to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge. The book is co-authored by UC San Diego science historian Naomi Oreskes. More

Indoor Facility Helping Kids With Outdoor Game
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 18 -- About 18 months ago, UC San Diego alumnus Vikash Sanyal sat watching his oldest daughter, a soccer player, work out at an indoor speed-training center in Rancho Bernardo — when the idea came to him: indoor golf training for kids. More

Making Each Note Count: Joshua White
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 16 -- Classically trained pianist Joshua White is such a quick study that, not long after he attended his third UC San Diego Jazz Camp in the summer of 2006, he started performing with some of his Jazz Camp instructors. Never mind that he had never seriously played jazz before and knew very little about the music he soon embraced as his own. More

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