A Sampling of Clips for Nov. 30, 2010

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Report: A Bit More Vitamin D Is Good, Not Too Much
CBS News, Nov. 30 -- Got milk? You may need a couple cups more than today's food labels say to get enough vitamin D for strong bones. But don't go overboard: Long-awaited new dietary guidelines say there's no proof that megadoses prevent cancer or other ailments - sure to frustrate backers of the so-called sunshine vitamin. The decision by the prestigious Institute of Medicine, the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences, could put some brakes on the nation's vitamin D craze, warning that super-high levels could be risky. (Quotes Dr. Cedric Garland of UC San Diego, who wasn’t part of the institute’s study) More

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Banning Another Greenhouse Gas?
TIME Magazine, Nov. 29 -- As the next round of international talks about climate change begin in Cancun tomorrow, optimism is low that the talks will lead to a major breakthrough among countries trying to cut emissions. But ahead of the summit, environmentalists applauded an initiative by a consortium of around 400 private companies to ban Hydrofluorocarbons—another contributor to global warming—in their refrigeration. (Mentions a New York Times editorial written by Veerabhadran Ramanathan, a professor of atmospheric physics at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and David G. Victor, a professor at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UC San Diego) More

Deep Secret Revealed
The Washington Post, Nov. 30 -- Scientists with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography last week published photographs and information of a newly discovered species found in the Celebes Sea between Indonesia and the Philippines: the squidworm. More

San Diego Man Didn't Know He Had a Volleyball-sized Tumor
CBS News 8, Nov. 29 -- If you gain 10 or 15 pounds in the next few months, you'll probably assume it's from holiday feasting. But a San Diego man gained that much weight from a tumor growing inside him. Doctor Joseph Ciacci from the UC San Diego Health System took one look at the tumor and immediately made a decision. "We know that this is a tumor that needs to be operated on," Dr. Ciacci said. More

Scientists Must Tell The Climate Change Story
KPBS, Nov. 29 -- What if the world faced a calamity that scientists predicted and that science might help prevent...but the general public just didn't understand it? And at the same time, what if powerful political and business interests found it profitable to convince the public that all the scientists were lying? That, according to climatologist Richard Somerville, from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, summarizes what's happening regarding the subject of climate change. And he believes it's crucial that scientists start doubling their efforts to educate the public and policymakers before it's too late to preserve the ecosystems we rely on. More

Connecting With the Past and the Present
San Diego Business Journal, Nov. 29 -- San Diego has a long tradition of being a creative hub for digital media, and one local company has profited by contributing technical and artistic expertise to a business venture in which the National Geographic Society and UC San Diego academics play pivotal roles. More

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