A Sampling of Clips for
December 12, 2003
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Strange
Lights Imaged, Astronauts Not Crazy
Space.com, Dec. 10-The first direct
images ever made of a solar storm as it engulfs Earth have also
vindicated astronauts who said they'd seen colorful sky lights
at dubiously high altitudes. The study, conducted by Bernard
Jackson, a solar physicist at UC San Diego,
shows that auroras reach far higher into the atmosphere than
expected, though scientists are still puzzled over how it is
possible. The research, which detected solar electrons approaching
Earth's protective magnetic field, will also help space weather
forecasters better predict how a tempest from the Sun might
effect satellites and communication systems.
http://space.com/scienceastronomy/solar_aurora_031210.html
Secrets
from our Family Tree
Financial Times (London), Dec. 12-After
decades of study, geneticists still do not know what makes humans
human. In spite of our differences in language, arm length,
and tree-climbing, humans and chimpanzees share practically
all their DNA. Genomic studies have suggested that it must be
the regulation of genes, rather than the genes themselves, that
sets the two primate species apart. (Quote by Ajit Varki,
a professor of medicine at the University of California,
San Diego.)
http://search.ft.com/search/article.html?id=031212001502&query=Secrets+from+our+family+tree&vsc_appId=totalSearch&state=Form
I-15 Group
Narrows Strategies
North County Times, Dec. 11-Regional
planners Thursday proposed opening the clogged artery bridging
San Diego and Riverside counties by promoting employment clusters,
moderately priced housing and car-pool lanes. Working toward
a June deadline for finding a cure for Interstate 15's chronic
traffic congestion, a two-county panel of planners, business
leaders and environmentalists narrowed a list of long-range
strategies. Group members suggested luring to the Temecula-area
high-dollar jobs that support San Diego County's biomedical,
computer and telecommunications industries. Members also said
the area could attract business related to research being done
at UC San Diego and UC Riverside.
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2003/12/12/news/inland/12_11_0321_27_08.txt
