A Sampling of Clips for 
December 10, 2004

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From Dinosaurs to Birds: Researchers Derive Lessons about Human Evolution from Chicken Genome
PhysOrg.com, Dec. 9-Experts in bioinformatics at UCSD have co-authored with other scientists the first large-scale comparison of mammal and bird genomes, published in the December 9 edition of Nature. More

Health Tips ... from UPI
UPI, Dec. 10-UCSD experts say seniors with memory or behavioral problems can enjoy the holidays with some good planning. (Quote by Dr. Daniel Sewell, director of the Senior Behavioral Health Unit at the UCSD Medical Center.) More

Robotic Art: Is it Talent or Technology?
Baltimore Sun, Dec. 10-In an unusual marriage of art and technology, more than 50 Johns Hopkins University student engineers built machines capable of spraying and splattering, dripping and scribbling, sketching and dribbling on paper for a recent art show at the Johns Hopkins Mattin Center. (Refers to research conducted by Harold Cohen, a professor emeritus at UCSD.) More

Whales get Aquarium's Attention
Long Beach Press Telegram, Dec. 9-Next to an 88-foot-long blue whale replica hanging from the ceiling of the Aquarium of the Pacific, aquarium officials and scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography unveiled Thursday the aquarium's newest exhibit, a ninformational kiosk called "Whales: Voices in the Sea." More

Tyranny of the Inbox No Match for Sherpa
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 10- About a decade ago, Mike Salomon was consulting with a physician and UCSD professor to find ways of using technology to improve medical care. The idea was to help doctors collaborate and communicate with one another in new ways, using the relatively new tool of the Internet. But in working with the doctor, Salomon noticed something he found fascinating: As more technology emerged promising to simplify the busy doctor's life, it seemed only to get more harried. More

His Big Break: MTV Gives UCSD Student a Spring Role
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 10-This past Wednesday was like any other for UCSD senior Andres Onetto, until MTV showed up at his door to inform him that he would be the next MTV Spring Break VJ. More

Questions Answered
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 8-Q & A column by Sherry Seethaler, a UCSD science writer and educator who answers science questions submitted by San Diego Union-Tribune readers. More