A Sampling of Clips for July 22^nd, 2008

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Mexican Resorts Destroying Mangroves, Dooming Fisheries
National Geographic, July 21 -- The loss of Mexico's coastal mangrove forests to development is threatening the country's multimillion-dollar fishing industry, according to a new study led by researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD. More

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Researchers Develop Free Tool to Track Stolen Laptops
Chronicle of Higher Education, July 22 -- A free, open-source program developed by researchers at several campuses, including UCSD, can help find a lost or stolen laptop computer, and its creators say it does so more safely than commercial alternatives. More

Maybe Second-Guessing Yourself Isn't Such a Bad Idea
Inc.com, July 21 -- A couple of researchers from MIT and UCSD have found that, when people are asked to estimate an unknown value a second time, the average of their two guesses is more accurate than their first guess. More

Laugh Till You Turn Green
Boston Globe, July 20 -- Randy Olson's "Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy," which opens the, yes, environmentally-themed Woods Hole Film Festival on Saturday, has the potential to be good, bawdy fun. Olson will be at the 9 p.m. show along with Naomi Oreskes, a professor of science history at UCSD and one of the film's main subjects. More

Read All About It
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 22 -- It may be 38 years old, but UCSD’s Geisel Library has been named to a list of the “25 Most Modern Libraries in the World.” Joining it is the San Diego Public Library, heralded as one of the first to embrace wireless technology with services of free WiFi, online assistance and homework help. The top 25 list was compiled by www.bestcollegesonline.com. More

Police Budgets Rise as Street Presence Declines
North County Times, July 21 -- Rising costs for employee benefits are taking a bite out of crime-fighting agencies in North County and, in some cases, leaving communities with a smaller concentration of police officers than a year or two ago, according to a report released Monday. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Steve Erie) More

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