A Sampling of Clips for February 13^th, 2009

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Smokeless Tobacco May Not Help Smokers Quit
U.S. News & World Report, Feb. 12 -- Cultural factors appear to influence whether smokeless tobacco can help smokers quit cigarettes, contends a new UCSD study. More

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In Japan’s Stagnant Decade, Cautionary Tales for America
The New York Times, Feb. 12 — The Obama administration is committing huge sums of money to rescuing banks, but the veterans of Japan’s banking crisis have three words for the Americans: more money, faster. (Quotes Takeo Hoshi, economics professor at UCSD) More

Valentine's Day Special: K*I*S*S*I*N*G
New Scientist, U.K., Feb. 13 – As natural as kissing seems, it also means swapping mucus, bacteria and who knows what else, so how and why would such a behaviour evolve? Science has been seeking answers for decades. Neuroscientist V. S. Ramachandran of UCSD, points out that since our ancestors needed to find ripe fruit, they would have been attracted to the colour red. Red thus became an indicator of food reward. More

Celebrating Darwin's Legacy
KPBS, Feb. 12 -- Today marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and instead of talking about the continuing debate in some quarters over his theory of evolution, These Days talks about the man, his life and the ongoing scientific application of his work. Guest Steve Kay, dean of the Division of Biological Sciences at UCSD, discusses these topics. More

Reactions Mixed to Ruling that Vaccines Don't Cause Autism
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 13 -- A federal court's unprecedented declaration yesterday that childhood vaccines don't cause autism landed like a punch to the gut for Rebecca Estepp of Poway. But the reaction of UCSD psychology professor Laura Schreibman registered on the other end of the wide chasm between those who agree that immunizations lead to the developmental disorder and those who do not. More

Task Force Aims to Spur Governments on Border Ills
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 13 -- A high-level task force with participants from the United States and Mexico is plunging into thorny cross-border issues such as drug trafficking, illegal weapons sales and clogged border crossings in hopes of influencing government policy on both sides. Task force members include Jeffrey Davidow, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico and now president of the Institute of the Americas at UCSD. More

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