A Sampling of Clips for 

December 14, 2005

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Ped Med: Christmas Plants May Pose Risk
UPI, Dec. 13-Mistletoe and holly may make the house look jolly, but they can also make children sick if swallowed, poison officials warn. (Quote by Lee Cantrell, interim director of the California Poison Control System at the UCSD Medical Center.) More

Piecing Together Earth's
Tectonic Past in Antarctica
Antarctic Sun, Dec. 12-Anyone who has hovered over a jigsaw puzzle for hours knows that sometimes you can't figure out how two pieces fit together until you've placed all the pieces around them. The same holds true for Earth's tectonic plates. (Refers to research led by Steven Cande of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Command Performances
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 14-Controlling organisms with biological circuits, opens up a world of possibilities and dangers. (Refers to research led by Jeff Hasty at UCSD.) More