A Sampling of Clips for April 24^th, 2008

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Conservationists Struggle to Save Rare Calif. Wetland
FOX News, April 25 – Conservationists, including a team of UCSD students led by UCSD lecturer Oscar Romo, are struggling to protect the teeming nature preserve south of San Diego from the loose soil, trash and pollutants that have sometimes spilled into the river from shantytowns upstream in rapidly growing Tijuana. More

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The Incredibly Shrinking Democrats
TIME, April 24 -- The Pennsylvania primary had been a six-week exercise in diminution, with both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama — and Bill Clinton too — losing altitude and esteem on an almost daily basis. (Mentions UCSD political scientist Samuel Popkin) More

Why China's Burning Mad
TIME, April 24 – Like all other foreign journalists in China, I get my share of criticism from Chinese readers, mostly about my stories on TIME's website or my posts on our China Blog. Some of the criticism can be pretty sharp--that comes with the territory. But the opprobrium has taken on a distinctly unpleasant edge in recent weeks as a wave of nationalist anger has roiled China. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Susan Shirk) More

T. Rex Closer to Gizzards Than Lizards
The Washington Post, April 24 -- Protein retrieved from a 68 millon-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex bone closely resembles the main protein in chicken and ostrich bones and is only distantly related to lizards', strengthening the popular idea that birds, and not reptiles, are the closest living relatives of dinosaurs. (Quotes Pavel Pevzner, director of the Center for Algorithmic and Systems Biology at UCSD) More

Taking Probiotics Could Prevent Allergies
New Scientist, April 25 -- Exposing pregnant mothers and infants to probiotic bacteria could help stimulate the growth of the immune system and potentially play a role in preventing allergies, say researchers. (Quotes pediatric immunologist Anthony Horner at UCSD) More

Molecule Man
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 25 – His book begins at the beginning, with the Big Bang – that singular, original bloom of infinite energy 13.7 billion years ago. From that moment, writes UCSD researcher K.C. Nicolaou in the newly published “Molecules That Changed the World,” everything else followed. More

Noted Mexican Novelist
Scoffs at Need for Fences
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 25 -- Addressing a binational audience of more than 800 at UCSD, Carlos Fuentes, a Mexican novelist, essayist and former diplomat, said fences do not deter migration. More

Hungarian Violinist to Perform at Center
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 25 -- An acclaimed Hungarian violinist will perform tonight at San Marcos City Hall. János Négyesy, a music professor at UCSD, will give a chamber music concert titled “Soirée for Music Lovers.” More